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我军 (wǒ jūn) — our army; our troops

Definition

Refers to 'our army / our troops' from a Chinese perspective — a formal, written/news-register term, typically used of the PLA. Compare with 军队 (neutral 'armed forces') and 部队 (units/troops, more colloquial).

noun
our armyour troops
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 我军。
    wǒ jūn Zài zhàn dòu zhōng qǔ dé le shèng lì.
    Our army achieved victory in the battle.
  • 我军。
    Tā qù nián jiā rù le wǒ jūn.
    He joined our army last year.
  • 我军。
    wǒ jūn De jì lǜ fēi cháng yán gé.
    Our army's discipline is very strict.

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.

我wǒour
军jūnarmy

我 (our) and 军 (army) name the army that is ours.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

The glyph 我 originally drew a trident-like weapon. It was borrowed purely for its sound to write the pronoun "I", so the picture and the meaning are unrelated.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

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