胸章 (xiōng zhāng) — badge (worn on the chest or lapel) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

badge (worn on the chest or lapel)

Measure word · 枚

Examples

胸章。
Tā xiōng qián dài zhe yì méi xiōng zhāng.
He is wearing a badge on his chest.
胸章。
Zhè méi xiōng zhāng shì gōng sī bān fā de jì niàn pǐn.
This badge is a commemorative item issued by the company.
胸章。
Cān jiā huó dòng de měi gè rén dōu lǐng dào le yí gè xiōng zhāng.
Everyone who participated in the event received a badge.

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.

A 章 worn on the 胸, a chest badge.

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

肉肉ròumeat

Sound part声符shēngfú

匈

匈xiōng胸xiōng

Same sound today

胸 adds 肉 (meat/flesh) to the original form 匈, which provides the sound.

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

章 shows a chisel piercing a piece of jade in the middle. It originally meant treating jade.

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