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特遣队 (tè qiǎn duì) — task force

Definition

noun
task force
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 特遣队。
    Zhè zhī tè qiǎn duì fù zé zhí xíng tè bié rèn wu.
    This task force is responsible for carrying out special missions.
  • 特遣队。
    Zhèng fǔ chéng lì le zhuān mén de tè qiǎn duì yìng duì wēi jī.
    The government established a dedicated task force to respond to the crisis.
  • 特遣队。
    tè qiǎn duì Chéng yuán dōu shì jīng guò yán gé xùn liàn de.
    All members of the task force have undergone rigorous training.

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.

特遣special dispatch
特tèspecial遣qiǎndispatch
偏正Modifier + head
队duìteam

特遣 means special dispatch, and 队 names the team, so the meaning is a task force.

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
牛牛niúox
Sound part声符shēngfú
寺
寺sì特tè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape combines 牛 (ox) with 寺, which gives the pronunciation; it originally meant a large bull.

Open 特 →

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

The old form showed two hands directing an army, meaning to send or dispatch; the modern 遣 adds a walking part.

Open 遣 →

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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Military & Defense

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