宪兵队 (xiàn bīng duì) — military police corps

Definition

noun
military police corps
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • ，宪兵队。
    Zài zhàn zhēng shí qī, xiàn bīng duì fù zé wéi chí jūn duì jì lǜ.
    During wartime, the military police corps was responsible for maintaining military discipline.
  • 宪兵队。
    Hěn duō guān yú xiàn bīng duì de diàn yǐng ràng rén yìn xiàng shēn kè.
    Many movies about the military police corps leave a deep impression.
  • 宪兵队。
    Tā céng jīng zài xiàn bīng duì gōng zuò guò sān nián.
    He once worked for the military police corps for three years.

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.

宪兵military police
宪xiànlaw兵bīngsoldier
偏正Modifier + head
队duìunit

宪兵 (law soldiers) and 队 (unit) refer to a military police corps.

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 憲; 宪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡩜
𡩜𡩜憲xiàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 憲 pairs 心 (heart) with 𡩜, a sound component whose form depicts a punishment involving tattooing the eyes; the simplified 宪 is a later shorthand.

Open 宪 →

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

  • 斤斤jīna short axe
  • 廾廾gǒng2 hands

兵 combines 斤, a short axe, with 廾, two hands, showing a pair of hands holding a weapon.

Open 兵 →

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.

Open 队 →

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