角球 (jiǎo qiú) — (soccer) corner kick | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

(soccer) corner kick

Measure word · 个

Examples

角球。
Tā kāi le yí gè jiǎo qiú.
He took a corner kick.
角球。
Zhè ge jiǎo qiú zhí jiē jìn le qiú mén.
This corner kick went straight into the goal.
角球。
Hòu wèi qiǎng dào le jiǎo qiú de dì yī diǎn.
The defender got to the first point of the corner kick.

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.

角 names a corner and 球 a ball, so the word is the ball played from a corner.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 角 is a picture of a horn.

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

玉玉yùjade

Sound part声符shēngfú

求

求qiú球qiú

Same sound today

球 is built from 玉, meaning jade, and 求, which gives the sound.

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