上士 (shàng shì) — (military rank) sergeant (army/marines) or pett…

Definition

noun

(military rank) sergeant (army/marines) or petty officer first-class (navy)

Measure word · 个

上士。
Tā zài bù duì lǐ shì yì míng shàng shì.
He is a sergeant in the army.
上士，。
Zhè wèi shàng shì jīng yàn fēng fù, zhuān mén xùn liàn xīn bīng.
This sergeant is very experienced and specializes in training recruits.
上士。
Tā de fù qīn céng shì yì míng hǎi jūn shàng shì.
His father was a navy petty officer first-class.

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.

上 marks a higher grade and 士 names the soldier rank; together they mean sergeant.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

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

The shape 士 comes from a simple drawing of a war axe. The character later came to mean a soldier, officer, or intellectual.

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