成员国 (chéng yuán guó) — member state, member country

Definition

noun
member statemember country
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 成员国。
    Zhè cì huì yì yāo qǐng le suǒ yǒu chéng yuán guó cān jiā.
    This meeting invited all member states to participate.
  • 成员国。
    Lián hé guó chéng yuán guó zhī jiān yìng jiā qiáng hé zuò.
    Cooperation among UN member states should be strengthened.
  • 成员国。
    Xīn chéng yuán guó de jiā rù cù jìn le qū yù jīng jì fā zhǎn.
    The accession of new member countries promoted regional economic development.

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.

成员member
成chéngbecome员yuánmember
动宾Verb + object
国guócountry

成员 expresses a member and 国 expresses country, together meaning a member state.

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
戊戊wù
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng成chéng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

成 puts 戊, a weapon, beside 丁, which gives the sound. The weapon part relates to protection, as in the old sense of city walls.

Open 成 →

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 員; 员 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
鼎鼎dǐngding
Sound part声符shēngfú
〇
〇líng員yuán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 員, 〇 supplies the sound and 鼎 supplies the meaning; the simplified 员 is a shortened form.

Open 员 →

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 國; 国 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
囗囗wéiclosure
Sound part声符shēngfú
或
或huò國guó
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 國 uses 囗 to show closure and 或 to give the sound.

Open 国 →

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