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苏军 (sū jūn) — Soviet army (the armed forces of the USSR)

Definition

noun
Soviet army (the armed forces of the USSR)

Examples

  • 苏军。
    sū jūn Zài èr zhàn zhōng fā huī le zhòng yào zuò yòng.
    The Soviet army played an important role in World War II.
  • 苏军。
    Xǔ duō sū jūn shì bīng zài zhàn zhēng zhōng xī shēng le.
    Many Soviet soldiers sacrificed their lives in the war.
  • 苏军。
    sū jūn De tǎn kè bù duì fēi cháng qiáng dà.
    The tank units of the Soviet army were very powerful.

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.

苏sūSoviet
军jūnarmy

苏 names the Soviet state and 军 means armed forces.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 蘇; 苏 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 苏 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words it is 蘇; in others it is 甦 or 囌.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎograss; plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
穌
穌sū蘇Sū
Same sound today

The traditional form 蘇 uses 艸 (grass; plant) for meaning and 穌 for sound; the simplified 苏 is a later shorthand.

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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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Appears in
Military & Defense

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