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军营 (jūn yíng) — military camp; barracks

Definition

noun
military campbarracks
Measure word · 座

Examples

  • 军营，。
    Tā cóng xiǎo zài jūn yíng lǐ zhǎng dà, duì jūn duì shēng huó hěn shú xi.
    He grew up in a military camp and is very familiar with army life.
  • 军营。
    Shàng jí mìng lìng tā men sān tiān nèi jiàn hǎo xīn jūn yíng.
    The superiors ordered them to build a new military camp within three days.
  • 军营，。
    Cān guān jūn yíng shí, wǒ men kàn le shì bīng de xùn liàn hé xiū xi chǎng suǒ.
    When visiting the barracks, we saw the soldiers' training and resting areas.

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
营yíngcamp

军营 is a camp for 军, where 军 gives military and 营 gives camp.

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.

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 →
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