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联队 (lián duì) — military wing (of an air force); combined sports team (of players from different units or regions)

Definition

A 联队 is a 'combined team' — players from different units or regions pooled into one squad, like a national or all-star squad. The military sense ('air force wing') is rare in everyday English usage.

noun
military wing (of an air force)combined sports team (of players from different units or regions)
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 联队。
    Zhè ge kōng jūn lián duì yǒu èr shí jià zhàn dòu jī.
    This air force wing has twenty fighter jets.
  • 联队。
    Tā shì shěng lián duì de lán qiú zhǔ lì.
    He is a key basketball player on the provincial combined team.
  • 联队。
    Quán yùn huì lián duì yóu gè dì yōu xiù yùn dòng yuán zǔ chéng.
    The National Games combined team is made up of outstanding athletes from various regions.

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.

联liáncombined
队duìteam

联 suggests combined or joint, and 队 is a team, so 联队 is a combined team or wing.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聯; 联 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 聯 combines 耳 (ear) and 絲 (silk); 联 is a simplified form of 聯.

Open 联 →

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 →
Appears in
Groups & OrganizationsMilitary & Defense

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