突击队 (tū jī duì) — commando unit; shock brigade | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

commando unitshock brigade

Measure word · 支

Examples

突击队。
Zhè zhī tū jī duì yóu zuì yōu xiù de shì bīng zǔ chéng.
This commando unit is made up of the best soldiers.
突击队。
tū jī duì Zài yè jiān zhí xíng le tū xí rèn wu.
The commando unit executed a surprise attack mission at night.
突击队。
Tā shì zhè zhī tū jī duì de duì zhǎng.
He is the leader of this assault team.

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.

突击assault

突tūrush击jīstrike

联合Coordinate

突 means rush, 击 means strike, and 队 is a unit.

Characters in this word

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

穴犬突

穴穴xuécave; den
犬犬quǎndog

突 shows 犬 (dog) under 穴 (cave; den), as a dog suddenly coming out of a den.

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 擊; 击 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

手手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

毄

毄jī擊jī

Same sound today

The traditional form 擊 has 手 (hand) and 毄; 毄 gives the sound and also points to striking, while the simplified 击 is a later shorthand.

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.

Appears in

Military & Defense

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