中国队 (Zhōng guó duì) — Chinese team (national team of China, especially in sports)

Definition

noun
Chinese team (national team of China, especially in sports)
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • ，中国队。
    Zài ào yùn huì shàng, Zhōng guó duì yíng dé le hěn duō jīn pái.
    At the Olympics, the Chinese team won many gold medals.
  • 中国队。
    Jīn tiān de bǐ sài Zhōng guó duì biǎo xiàn dé fēi cháng chū sè.
    In today's match, the Chinese team performed very well.
  • 中国队。
    Dà jiā dōu wèi Zhōng guó duì jiā yóu.
    Everyone cheers for the Chinese team.

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.

中国China
中zhōngmiddle国guócountry
偏正Modifier + head
队duìteam

中国 gives China and 队 gives team, so it refers to a team from China.

Characters in this word

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

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

Open 中 →

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 國; 国 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
囗囗wéiclosure
Sound part声符shēngfú
或
或huò國guó
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 國 uses 囗 to show closure and 或 to give the sound.

Open 国 →

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 隊; 队 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阜阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
㒸
㒸㒸隊duì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 隊 has 阜 as the meaning part and 㒸 as the sound part.

Open 队 →

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