卫戍 (wèi shù) — (military) to garrison, to defend by stationing…

Definition

A formal, military term meaning to station troops in a city or region to defend it — used in official and historical writing, not everyday speech.

verb

(military) to garrisonto defend by stationing troops

卫戍。
Zhè ge chéng shì yóu jūn duì wèi shù.
This city is garrisoned by the military.
卫戍。
Tā céng zài wèi shù qū fú yì sān nián.
He served in the garrison command for three years.
卫戍。
Gǔ dài huáng dì pài bīng wèi shù biān jiāng.
Ancient emperors sent troops to garrison the borderlands.

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.

戍shùgarrison

卫 (guard) and 戍 (garrison) both point to defending, together meaning station troops to hold a place.

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 衛; 卫 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

韋

韋wéi衛wèi

Same sound today

The traditional form 衛 is built from 行 as the sense part and 韋 as the sound part; the simplified 卫 is a shorthand.

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

戍 combines 人 (man) and 戈 (spear), showing a man with a spear.