冠军杯 (guàn jūn bēi) — championship cup; trophy for a championship

Definition

noun

championship cuptrophy for a championship

Measure word · 座

Examples

冠军杯。
Tā men duì zhōng yú yíng dé le guàn jūn bēi.
Their team finally won the championship cup.
冠军杯。
Jīn nián de guàn jūn bēi bān gěi le biǎo xiàn zuì hǎo de qiú duì.
This year's champion cup was awarded to the best-performing team.
冠军杯。
Qiú yuán men jǔ qǐ guàn jūn bēi qìng zhù shèng lì.
The players lifted the champion cup to celebrate victory.

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.

冠军champion

冠guānbe first军jūnarmy

动宾Verb + object

杯bēicup

冠军 means champion and 杯 means cup, so 冠军杯 is the trophy for a championship.

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.

冖元寸冠

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 →

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.

木不杯

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mù

Sound part声符shēngfú

不

不bù杯bēi

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

杯 is built from 木, meaning wood, and 不, which gives the sound.

Open 杯 →

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