冠亚军 (guàn yà jūn) — champion and runner-up

Definition

noun
champion and runner-up

Examples

  • ，冠亚军。
    Zhè cì bǐ sài, guàn yà jūn dōu lái zì tóng yí gè guó jiā.
    In this competition, the champion and runner-up both come from the same country.
  • 冠亚军，。
    Tā men bāo lǎn le guàn yà jūn, yíng dé le quán chǎng zhǎng shēng.
    They swept the champion and runner-up, winning applause from the whole audience.
  • ，冠亚军。
    Jué sài jié shù hòu, guàn yà jūn gòng tóng jiē shòu le cǎi fǎng.
    After the final, the champion and runner-up were interviewed together.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

冠guānchampion
亚军runner-up
亚yàsecond军jūnarmy
偏正Modifier + head

冠 denotes champion and 亚军 denotes runner-up, giving the two top ranks.

Characters in this word

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
冖冖mìhat
寸寸cùnhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
元
元yuán冠guàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

冠 shows a hand putting a hat on a head: 寸 is the hand, 冖 is the hat, and 元 is the head.

Open 冠 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 亞; 亚 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 亞 likely shows an overhead view of a construction, perhaps a 亞-shaped tomb. Its later simplified form 亚 is just a shorthand.

Open 亚 →

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 →

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