进球 (jìn qiú) — goal (in sports, the scoring event or the point…

Definition

noun

goal (in sports, the scoring event or the point scored)

Measure word · 个

Examples

进球。
Tā jìn le yí gè piào liang de jìn qiú.
He scored a beautiful goal.
进球。
Cái pàn pàn fá le zhè ge jìn qiú yǒu xiào.
The referee ruled that this goal was valid.
进球。
Bǐ sài de dì yī gè jìn qiú chū xiàn zài dì shí fēn zhōng.
The first goal of the match appeared in the tenth minute.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

进jìnenter

球qiúball

进 means to send into, and 球 is the ball, so it describes putting the ball into the goal.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 進; 进 is its simplified writing.

辵辵chuòwalk
隹隹zhuīshort-tail bird

The traditional form 進 pairs 辵 (walk) with 隹 (short-tail bird): the picture showed moving forward because a bird can only walk forward, not backward. The simplified 进 is a later shorthand.

Open 进 →

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.

Open 球 →

Appears in

Ball Games Sports & Athletics