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拉拉队 (lā lā duì) — cheerleading squad, cheerleading team

Definition

noun
cheerleading squadcheerleading team
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 拉拉队。
    Xué xiào de lā lā duì zài yùn dòng huì shàng biǎo yǎn le jīng cǎi de jié mù.
    The school's cheerleading squad performed a wonderful program at the sports meet.
  • 拉拉队。
    Tā shì wǒ men xué xiào lā lā duì de duì zhǎng.
    She is the captain of our school's cheerleading squad.
  • 拉拉队。
    Dà jiā dōu xǐ huan kàn lā lā duì de biǎo yǎn.
    Everyone likes watching the cheerleading squad's performance.

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.

拉拉cheer
拉lā拉lā
重叠Reduplication
队duìteam

拉拉 spells a cheering sound, and 队 means team, so the word denotes a team that cheers.

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
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
立
立lì拉lā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

拉 pairs 手 (hand) with 立, a component that supplies the sound.

Open 拉 →

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
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
立
立lì拉lā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

拉 pairs 手 (hand) with 立, a component that supplies the sound.

Open 拉 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 隊; 队 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阜阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
㒸
㒸㒸隊duì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 隊 has 阜 as the meaning part and 㒸 as the sound part.

Open 队 →
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