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露营 (lù yíng) — to camp, to go camping

Definition

露营 (lù yíng) means to camp outdoors for recreation — setting up tents in the wild, not the figurative 'camp/faction' sense of 阵营.

verb
to campto go camping

Examples

  • 露营。
    Wǒ men míng tiān zhǔn bèi qù lù yíng.
    We're preparing to go camping tomorrow.
  • 露营。
    Wǒ cóng lái méi yǒu lù yíng guò.
    I have never gone camping before.
  • 露营。
    lù yíng De shí hou yào zhù yì ān quán.
    When camping, you need to pay attention to safety.

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.

露lùoutdoors
营yíngcamp

露 (outdoors) and 营 (camp) together mean camping out.

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
雨雨yǔ
Sound part声符shēngfú
路
路lù露lù
Same sound today

露 pairs 雨, a rain-related meaning part, with 路, a sound part.

Open 露 →

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
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Outdoor Recreation

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