警戒线 (jǐng jiè xiàn) — cordon, security line | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cordonsecurity line

Measure word · 条

Examples

警戒线。
Jǐng chá zài fàn zuì xiàn chǎng lā qǐ le jǐng jiè xiàn.
The police set up a cordon at the crime scene.
警戒线。
Qǐng dà jiā bú yào yuè guò jǐng jiè xiàn.
Please do not cross the security line.
，警戒线。
Yì qíng shí qī, xiǎo qū mén kǒu shè zhì le jǐng jiè xiàn.
During the epidemic, a cordon was set up at the community entrance.

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.

警戒warning

警jǐngwarn戒jièguard

联合Coordinate

警戒 brings warning and guarding, and 线 is the line that marks them.

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.

敬言警

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yánspoken language, speech

Sound part声符shēngfú

敬

Same sound today

警 places 言 (speech) below 敬; 敬 gives the sound.

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

戈廾戒

戈戈gēhalberd
廾廾gǒnghands

戒 shows 廾 (hands) and 戈 (a halberd) together: hands holding up a weapon as a warning.

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 線; 线 is its simplified writing.

糹泉線

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糹Written in full as糸mì

Sound part声符shēngfú

泉

泉quán線xiàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 線 uses 糹 (silk/thread) to show the meaning and 泉 to suggest the sound; the simplified 线 is a later shorthand.

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