巡逻艇 (xún luó tǐng) — patrol boat | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

patrol boat

Measure word · 艘

Examples

巡逻艇。
Nà sōu xún luó tǐng zhèng zài hǎi shàng zhí xíng rèn wu.
That patrol boat is carrying out a mission at sea.
巡逻艇。
Gǎng kǒu tíng zhe sān sōu xún luó tǐng.
Three patrol boats are docked at the port.
巡逻艇。
Tā men yòng xún luó tǐng lái bǎo hù hǎi àn xiàn.
They use patrol boats to protect the coastline.

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.

巡逻patrol

巡xúnpatrol逻luópatrol

联合Side by side

巡逻 means patrol and 艇 means boat, giving the sense of a boat used for patrolling.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辵辵chuòwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

川

川chuān巡xún

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

巡 pairs 辵, a walking part, with 川 as a sound part.

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 邏; 逻 is its simplified writing.

辶羅邏

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuòwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

羅

羅luó邏luó

Same sound today

The traditional form 邏 combines 辶, meaning walk, with 羅 for the sound; the simplified 逻 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

舟廷艇

Meaning part形符xíngfú

舟舟zhōuboat

Sound part声符shēngfú

廷

廷tíng艇tǐng

Same sound today

艇 pairs 舟, meaning boat, with 廷, which gives the sound.

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