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准将 (zhǔn jiāng) — brigadier general (military rank)

Definition

noun
brigadier general (military rank)
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 准将。
    Tā shì yì míng zhǔn jiāng.
    He is a brigadier general.
  • 准将。
    Zhè ge guó jiā de zhǔn jiāng zhǐ huī yí gè lǚ.
    The brigadier general of this country commands a brigade.
  • 准将。
    Nà wèi zhǔn jiāng cān jiā guò hěn duō zhàn dòu.
    That brigadier general has taken part in many battles.

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.

准zhǔnquasi
将jiānggeneral

准 gives a sense of “quasi,” and 将 means “general,” naming a rank below a full general.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 準; 准 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
隼
隼sǔn準zhǔn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 準, not 准, pairs 水 (water) with 隼 as a sound part; the evidence describes it as 'water level'.

Open 准 →

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 將; 将 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺼Written in full as肉ròumeat
寸寸cùnhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
爿
爿pán將jiāng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 將 combines 爿, which also supplies a sound and may show a small table, with ⺼ (meat) and 寸 (hand) to picture offering meat as tribute. The simplified 将 is a later shorthand.

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Appears in
Military & Defense

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