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二战 (èr zhàn) — World War II; WWII

Definition

noun
World War IIWWII

Examples

  • 二战1945。
    èr zhàn Yú 1945 nián jié shù.
    World War II ended in 1945.
  • 二战，。
    èr zhàn Qī jiān, xǔ duō guó jiā zāo shòu le jù dà sǔn shī.
    During WWII, many countries suffered enormous losses.
  • 二战。
    Guān yú èr zhàn de jì lù piàn zhèng zài rè bō.
    A documentary about WWII is currently popular.

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.

二èrsecond
战zhànwar

二 means second and 战 means war; together they stand for the second world war.

Characters in this word

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

二 is drawn as two parallel strokes, where the number of strokes shows the amount.

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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
戈戈gē
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn战zhàn
Same sound today

战 pairs 占, which gives its sound, with 戈, a weapon.

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