革命党 (gé mìng dǎng) — revolutionary political party

Definition

noun

revolutionary political party

Measure word · 个

革命党。
Xīn hài gé mìng shì yóu sūn zhōng shān lǐng dǎo de gé mìng dǎng fā dòng de.
The Xinhai Revolution was launched by the revolutionary party led by Sun Yat-sen.
革命党。
Zhè ge gé mìng dǎng zài èr shí shì jì chū fēi cháng huó yuè.
This revolutionary party was very active in the early twentieth century.
革命党，。
Xǔ duō qīng nián jiā rù le gé mìng dǎng, xī wàng gǎi biàn shè huì.
Many young people joined the revolutionary party, hoping to change society.

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.

革命revolution

动宾Verb + object

革命党 combines 革命 (revolution) and 党 (party) for a party built on revolution.

Characters in this word

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

革 is drawn as a stretched animal hide, with the upper part as the head and the lower part as the tail and legs.

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

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

令

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

命 combines 口, a mouth, with 令, which gives the sound.

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

儿儿érhuman

Sound part声符shēngfú

尚

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

党 pairs 尚, giving its sound, with 儿, a human.