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兵营 (bīng yíng) — barracks; military camp

Definition

noun
barracksmilitary camp
Measure word · 座

Examples

  • 兵营。
    Shì bīng men měi tiān zǎo shàng zài bīng yíng lǐ xùn liàn.
    The soldiers train in the barracks every morning.
  • 兵营。
    Zhè piàn bīng yíng yǐ yǒu bǎi nián lì shǐ.
    These barracks have a history of over a century.
  • 兵营。
    Tā men cóng bīng yíng chū fā bēn fù zhàn chǎng.
    They set out from the military camp and headed to the battlefield.

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.

兵bīngsoldier
营yíngcamp

兵 (soldier) and 营 (camp) combine to mean barracks.

Characters in this word

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

  • 斤斤jīna short axe
  • 廾廾gǒng2 hands

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

Open 兵 →

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 營; 营 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宮宮gōngpalace
Sound part声符shēngfú
熒
熒yíng營yíng
Same sound today

The traditional form 營 pairs 宮 (palace) with 熒 as a sound part, depicting a person working all night with a light on his house; the simplified 营 is a later abbreviation.

Open 营 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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