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长传 (cháng zhuàn) — long pass (in sports)

Definition

noun
long pass (in sports)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 长传。
    Tā zài bǐ sài zhōng wán chéng le yí cì piào liang de cháng zhuàn.
    He made a beautiful long pass during the game.
  • 长传。
    Zhè ge cháng zhuàn chuán dé fēi cháng zhǔn.
    This long pass was very accurate.
  • 长传，。
    Tā shàn cháng cháng zhuàn, jīng cháng zhù gōng duì yǒu.
    He is good at long passes and often assists his teammates.

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.

长chánglong
传chuánpass

The idea of 长 as long combines with 传 as pass to mean a long-distance pass.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 長; 长 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 長 pictures an old man with long hair. The simplified 长 is a later shorthand, so its strokes do not show that original picture.

Open 长 →

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 傳; 传 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rénman
Sound part声符shēngfú
專
專zhuān傳chuán
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 傳 puts 人 (man) beside 專, which gives the sound; the simplified 传 is a later shorthand, and its parts are not the historical ones.

Open 传 →
Appears in
Ball GamesSports & Athletics

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