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宿营 (sù yíng) — to camp; to set up camp (especially for military or outdoor camping)

Definition

Means 'to camp / set up camp' — focuses on staying the night at a site (military troops, hikers, groups). Verb-object separable: insert 了/过/过 between 宿 and 营 (他们在这里宿过一次营).

verb
to campto set up camp (especially for military or outdoor camping)

Examples

  • 宿营。
    Wǒ men míng tiān qù shān lǐ sù yíng.
    We'll go camping in the mountains tomorrow.
  • 。
    Tā men zài zhè ge dì fāng sù guò liǎng cì yíng.
    They camped here twice.
  • 。
    Bù duì zài hé biān sù le yí yè de yíng.
    The troops camped by the river for one night.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

宿sùlodge
营yíngcamp

'宿' means lodge and '营' means camp, so to lodge at a camp.

Characters in this word

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

  • 人人rénperson
  • 囗囗wéibamboo mat

The shape comes from an old drawing of 人, a person, resting on a mat.

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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 營; 营 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宮宮gōngpalace
Sound part声符shēngfú
熒
熒yíng營yíng
Same sound today

The traditional form 營 pairs 宮 (palace) with 熒 as a sound part, depicting a person working all night with a light on his house; the simplified 营 is a later abbreviation.

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Outdoor Recreation

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