军饷 (jūn xiǎng) — military pay and allowances

Definition

noun
military pay and allowances

Examples

  • 军饷。
    Gǔ dài shì bīng de jūn xiǎng hěn shǎo.
    Ancient soldiers' pay was very little.
  • 军饷。
    Guó jiā měi nián dōu yào fā fàng dà liàng de jūn xiǎng gěi jūn rén.
    The country has to allocate a large amount of military pay to soldiers every year.
  • 军饷。
    Tuō qiàn jūn xiǎng huì yǐng xiǎng shì bīng dī shì qì.
    Delaying military pay will affect soldiers' morale.

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jūnarmy
饷xiǎngpay

“军” (army) and “饷” (pay) together name pay and allowances for soldiers.

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 餉; 饷 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
食食shífood
Sound part声符shēngfú
向
向xiàng餉xiǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 餉 uses 食 (food) with 向 as the sound part; the simplified 饷 is a later shorthand.

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