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越共 (yuè gòng) — Communist Party of Vietnam; Viet Cong (historical, the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam)

Definition

Short for the Communist Party of Vietnam, the country's ruling party. Historically it also refers to the Viet Cong (National Liberation Front) during the Vietnam War.

noun
Communist Party of VietnamViet Cong (historical, the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam)

Examples

  • 越共。
    yuè gòng Shì yuè nán de zhí zhèng dǎng.
    The Communist Party of Vietnam is the ruling party of Vietnam.
  • ，越共。
    Zài yuè zhàn qī jiān, yuè gòng huó yuè yú nán fāng.
    During the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong was active in the South.
  • 越共。
    yuè gòng Zǒng shū jì zuì jìn fǎng wèn le zhōng guó.
    The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam recently visited China.

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.

越yuèVietnam
共gòngCommunist

越 refers to Vietnam and 共 refers to Communist: the Communist organization of Vietnam.

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
走走zǒuto walk or run
Sound part声符shēngfú
戉
戉yuè越yuè
Same sound today

越 is built from 走 (to walk or run) and 戉 (which supplies the sound); the 走 part shows the idea of going over or crossing.

Open 越 →

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

  • 廾廾gǒngtwo hands
  • 口口kǒuan object

共 shows 廾, two hands, holding up an object. That object was written 口 and later became the 廿-like top.

Open 共 →
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