男双 (nán shuāng) — men's doubles (in sports)

Definition

noun
men's doubles (in sports)

Examples

  • 男双。
    Wǒ xǐ huan kàn yǔ máo qiú nán shuāng bǐ sài.
    I like watching men's doubles badminton matches.
  • 男双。
    Zhè cì ào yùn huì nán shuāng xiàng mù jìng zhēng fēi cháng jī liè.
    The men's doubles event at this Olympics is very competitive.
  • 男双。
    Tā hé dā dàng yì qǐ yíng dé le nán shuāng guàn jūn.
    He and his partner won the men's doubles championship.

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.

男nánmale
双shuāngdoubles

男 gives men's and 双 gives doubles, together naming a men's doubles event.

Characters in this word

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

男 is made from 田, a field, and 力, strength. It shows a man working with strength in a field.

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

双 is made of two 又 parts side by side. Repeating 又 gives the sense of a pair.

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