客队 (kè duì) — visiting team | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

The team playing away from home in a sports match. Pair it with 主场 ('home ground') and 主队 ('home team') — 客 is the away side.

noun

visiting team

客队。
kè duì De qiú yuán zhèng zài rè shēn.
The visiting team's players are warming up.
客队。
Zhè chǎng bǐ sài kè duì yíng le.
The visiting team won this match.
客队。
kè duì De jiào liàn duì cái pàn de pàn fá hěn bù mǎn.
The visiting team's coach was very unhappy with the referee's call.

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.

客kèvisiting guest

客 means visiting guest and 队 means team, so it is the visiting team.

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.

宀各客

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

各

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 客, 宀 is a roof and 各 gives the sound; the character meant a guest.

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 隊; 队 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阜阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

㒸

㒸㒸隊duì

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

The traditional form 隊 has 阜 as the meaning part and 㒸 as the sound part.