军情 (jūn qíng) — military situation; war situation

Definition

noun

military situationwar situation

Examples

军情。
Tā fù zé fēn xī zuì xīn de jūn qíng.
He is responsible for analyzing the latest military situation.
军情。
jūn qíng De biàn huà kě néng yǐng xiǎng zhěng gè zhàn jú.
Changes in the military situation could affect the entire war situation.
军情。
Sī lìng yāo qiú suí shí zhǎng wò qián xiàn de jūn qíng.
The commander demanded to keep track of the front-line military situation at all times.

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.

军jūnmilitary

情qíngsituation

军 gives military and 情 gives situation, so military situation.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

車車jūcart; chariot
勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

Open 军 →

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

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

青

青qīng情qíng

Same sound today

情 shows 心 (heart) beside 青, which gives the sound. The heart part points to feelings and inner states.

Open 情 →

Appears in

Military & Defense