游泳队 (yóu yǒng duì) — swimming team | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

swimming team

Measure word · 个

Examples

游泳队。
Wǒ men de yóu yǒng duì yíng dé le bǐ sài.
Our swimming team won the competition.
游泳队。
Tā shì guó jiā yóu yǒng duì de jiào liàn.
He is the coach of the national swimming team.
游泳队。
yóu yǒng duì De duì yuán měi tiān xùn liàn sān gè xiǎo shí.
The members of the swimming team train for three hours every day.

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.

游泳swim

游yóuswim泳yǒngswim

联合Coordinate

A 队 of 游泳: the swimming activity names what kind of team it is.

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

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

斿

斿yóu游yóu

Same sound today

游 combines 水 (water) with 斿, which gives the sound yóu and also relates to travelling.

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

氵永泳

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐ

Sound part声符shēngfú

永

永yǒng泳yǒng

Same sound today

泳 pairs 氵 (water) with 永, which gives the sound. The water part fits the meaning of swimming.

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.

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