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战俘营 (zhàn fú yíng) — prisoner-of-war camp

Definition

noun
prisoner-of-war camp
Measure word · 座

Examples

  • ，战俘营。
    Zhàn zhēng qī jiān, xǔ duō shì bīng bèi guān zài zhàn fú yíng lǐ.
    During the war, many soldiers were held in prisoner-of-war camps.
  • 战俘营。
    Nà ge zhàn fú yíng de tiáo jiàn fēi cháng jiān kǔ.
    The conditions in that prisoner-of-war camp were extremely harsh.
  • 战俘营。
    Tā xiě le yì běn guān yú zhàn fú yíng shēng huó de huí yì lù.
    He wrote a memoir about life in a prisoner-of-war camp.

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.

战俘war captive
战zhànwar俘fúcaptive
偏正Modifier + head
营yíngcamp

战俘 (war captives) are held in 营 (camp).

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
戈戈gē
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn战zhàn
Same sound today

战 pairs 占, which gives its sound, with 戈, a weapon.

Open 战 →

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
人人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
孚
孚fú俘fú
Same sound today

俘 combines 人 (person) with 孚, the earlier form for “to capture,” to show a captured person.

Open 俘 →

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.

Open 营 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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