志愿兵 (zhì yuàn bīng) — volunteer soldier | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

volunteer soldier

Measure word · 名

Examples

志愿兵，。
Tā shì yì míng zhì yuàn bīng, yǐ jīng zài jūn duì fú yì le wǔ nián.
He is a volunteer soldier and has served in the army for five years.
志愿兵。
zhì yuàn bīng Hé pǔ tōng shì bīng de qū bié zài yú tā men zì yuàn cān jūn.
The difference between volunteer soldiers and regular soldiers is that they enlist voluntarily.
志愿兵。
Hěn duō guó jiā dōu yǒu zhì yuàn bīng zhì dù.
Many countries have a volunteer soldier system.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

志愿voluntary

志zhìaspiration愿yuànwish

联合Coordinate

兵bīngsoldier

志 and 愿 give willing aspiration, and 兵 gives soldier, so the word means a volunteer soldier.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

之

之zhī志zhì

Same sound today

志 has 心, the heart, below and a simplified top from 之 for sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

原心愿

Meaning part形符xíngfú

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

原

原yuán愿yuàn

Same sound today

愿 places 心 (heart) below 原, which supplies the sound yuán; the 心 part marks the sense of heart or feeling.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

斤斤jīna short axe
廾廾gǒng2 hands

兵 combines 斤, a short axe, with 廾, two hands, showing a pair of hands holding a weapon.

Appears in

Military & Defense

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