体操队 (tǐ cāo duì) — gymnastics team

Definition

noun
gymnastics team
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 体操队。
    Wǒ men xué xiào de tǐ cāo duì zuì jìn zài xùn liàn xīn dòng zuò.
    Our school's gymnastics team has been training new routines recently.
  • 体操队。
    Zhè zhī tǐ cāo duì zài guó jì bǐ sài zhōng huò dé le jīn pái.
    This gymnastics team won a gold medal in the international competition.
  • 体操队。
    Tā shì tǐ cāo duì lǐ zuì nián qīng de duì yuán.
    He is the youngest member of the gymnastics 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.

体操gymnastics
体tǐbody操cāoexercise
偏正Modifier + head
队duìteam

体操 (body exercises) and 队 (team) combine to name a gymnastics team.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
骨骨gǔbone
Sound part声符shēngfú
豊
豊lǐ體tǐ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

Open 体 →

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
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
喿
喿zào操cāo
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 手 shows a hand, indicating an action done by hand. The right part 喿 gives the sound.

Open 操 →

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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