兵变 (bīng biàn) — mutiny | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

mutiny

Measure word · 次

兵变。
Nà zhī bù duì bīng biàn le.
That troop mutinied.
兵变。
Zhè cì bīng biàn hěn kuài bèi zhèn yā xià qù le.
This mutiny was quickly suppressed.
兵变。
Yǒu rén àn zhōng cè huà le yí cì bīng biàn.
Someone secretly planned a mutiny.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

兵 means soldiers and 变 means a sudden change or rebellion, giving the sense of soldiers turning against their superiors.

Characters in this word

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

兵 combines 斤, a short axe, with 廾, two hands, showing a pair of hands holding a weapon.

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 變; 变 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攴攴pū

Sound part声符shēngfú

䜌

䜌䜌變biàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 變 uses 䜌 as a sound part and 攴 as a meaning part.

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