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探险队 (tàn xiǎn duì) — exploration party; expedition

Definition

noun
exploration partyexpedition
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 探险队。
    Nà zhī tàn xiǎn duì chéng gōng dēng shàng le shān dǐng.
    That expedition successfully reached the mountain top.
  • 探险队。
    tàn xiǎn duì Zài sēn lín lǐ mí shī le fāng xiàng.
    The expedition got lost in the forest.
  • 探险队。
    Zhè zhī tàn xiǎn duì yóu shí míng zhuān jiā zǔ chéng.
    This exploration party is made up of ten experts.

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.

探险explore dangers
探tànexplore险xiǎndanger
动宾Verb + object
队duìteam

探险 means exploring dangers, and a 队 that does this is an expedition.

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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
𥥍
𥥍𥥍探tàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 探, the 扌 part is a hand, and 𥥍 gives the sound.

Open 探 →

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 險; 险 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阝Written in full as阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
僉
僉qiān險
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 險 pairs 阝, written in full as 阜, with 僉, which gives the sound; the simplified 险 is a shorthand.

Open 险 →

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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