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美军 (Měi jūn) — U.S. military; American armed forces

Definition

noun
U.S. militaryAmerican armed forces

Examples

  • 美军。
    Měi jūn Zài yà tài dì qū de bù shǔ yǐn qǐ le guǎng fàn guān zhù.
    The deployment of U.S. forces in the Asia-Pacific region has drawn widespread attention.
  • 美军。
    Zhè cì yǎn xí shì Měi jūn yǔ méng guó lián hé jìn xíng de.
    This exercise was conducted jointly by the U.S. military and its allies.
  • 美军。
    Měi jūn De jūn shì jī dì biàn bù quán qiú duō gè guó jiā.
    U.S. military bases are spread across many countries around the world.

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.

美měiAmerican
军jūnarmy

The word combines 美 meaning American with 军 meaning army, so it denotes American troops.

Characters in this word

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

美 shows 大, a person, wearing 羊, a headdress of feathers or ram's horn.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

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