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保安队 (bǎo ān duì) — peace preservation corps (historical, under KMT and warlord rule)

Definition

保安队 is a historical term for a local armed militia under KMT or warlord control, tasked with keeping order. Modern security personnel are called 保安, not 保安队.

noun
peace preservation corps (historical, under KMT and warlord rule)
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • ，保安队。
    Zài mín guó shí qī, bǎo ān duì fù zé wéi chí dì fāng zhì ān.
    During the Republic of China period, the peace preservation corps was responsible for maintaining local public order.
  • ，保安队。
    Jūn fá tǒng zhì xià, bǎo ān duì jīng cháng zhèn yā nóng mín yùn dòng.
    Under warlord rule, the peace preservation corps often suppressed peasant movements.
  • 保安队。
    Lì shǐ shàng de bǎo ān duì céng shì guó mín dǎng de zhòng yào wǔ zhuāng lì liàng.
    Historically, the peace preservation corps was an important armed force of the KMT.

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.

保安protect peace
保bǎoprotect安ānpeace
动宾Verb + object
队duìteam

保安 means protecting peace, and 队 names a team, giving a peace-preservation corps.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

保 originally showed a person 人 carrying a child 子 on their back, which led to the sense of protecting.

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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
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
女
女nǚ安ān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 安, 宀 sits above a seated 女 on a cushion; 宀 is the meaning part, 女 is the sound part, and the character originally meant sitting at ease.

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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.

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.

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