营帐 (yíng zhàng) — field tent (used as military barracks)

Definition

noun
field tent (used as military barracks)
Measure word · 顶

Examples

  • 营帐。
    Shì bīng men zài yě wài dā jiàn le yíng zhàng.
    The soldiers set up a tent in the field.
  • 营帐。
    Tā men wǎn shàng zài yíng zhàng lǐ xiū xi.
    They rested in the tent at night.
  • ，营帐。
    Rèn wu jié shù hòu, dà jiā chāi chú le yíng zhàng.
    After the mission ended, everyone took down the tent.

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.

营yíngcamp
帐zhàngtent

营 gives camp and 帐 gives tent, yielding a camp tent.

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 營; 营 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宮宮gōngpalace
Sound part声符shēngfú
熒
熒yíng營yíng
Same sound today

The traditional form 營 pairs 宮 (palace) with 熒 as a sound part, depicting a person working all night with a light on his house; the simplified 营 is a later abbreviation.

Open 营 →

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 帳; 帐 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
巾巾jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
長
長cháng帳zhàng
Same sound today

The traditional form 帳 is made from 巾, a cloth shape, plus 長, which gives the sound. The simplified 帐 is a shorthand; its right side is not the historical sound part.

Open 帐 →

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