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军需 (jūn xū) — military supplies; quartermaster

Definition

军需 has two related senses: the THING (military supplies/后勤物资) and the PERSON (quartermaster, the officer in charge of those supplies). The same word covers both — context tells you which.

noun
military suppliesquartermaster

Examples

  • 军需。
    Qián xiàn bù duì de jūn xū bì xū jí shí sòng dào.
    The military supplies for the frontline troops must be delivered in time.
  • 军需，。
    Tā shì fù zé jūn xū de lǎo bīng, jīng yàn fēng fù.
    He is an experienced veteran in charge of quartermaster duties.
  • 军需。
    Zhè chǎng zhàn yì de jūn xū zhǔ yào lái zì hòu fāng cāng kù.
    The military supplies for this campaign mainly came from the rear warehouses.

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
需xūneeds

军需 combines 军, military, with 需, needs, giving military supplies or the quartermaster role.

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 →

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

需 originally showed 天, here a person, under 雨, rain, as someone getting wet.

Open 需 →
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