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野营 (yě yíng) — to camp, to go camping

Definition

verb
to campto go camping

Examples

  • 野营。
    Zhè ge zhōu mò wǒ men yì qǐ qù yě yíng ba.
    Let's go camping together this weekend.
  • 野营。
    Tā men zài shān lǐ yě yíng le sān tiān.
    They camped in the mountains for three days.
  • 野营。
    yě yíng De shí hou yào xiǎo xīn huǒ.
    When camping, you need to be careful with fire.

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.

野yěoutdoors
营yíngcamp

野 (outdoors) and 营 (camp) combine as camping outdoors.

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
田田tiánfield
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
予
予yǔ野yě
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

野 combines 田 (field) above 土 (earth) to show open country, with 予 giving the sound.

Open 野 →

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 →
Appears in
Outdoor Recreation

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