战列舰 (zhàn liè jiàn) — battleship | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

battleship

Measure word · 艘

Examples

战列舰。
Zhè sōu zhàn liè jiàn shì zài dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn zhōng shǐ yòng de.
This battleship was used in World War II.
战列舰。
Nà sōu zhàn liè jiàn de pái shuǐ liàng chāo guò sān wàn dūn.
That battleship's displacement exceeds 30,000 tons.
战列舰，。
Lì shǐ shàng zhù míng de zhàn liè jiàn yǒu hěn duō, bǐ rú dà hé hào.
There are many famous battleships in history, such as the Yamato.

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.

战列battle line

战zhànbattle列lièline

偏正Modifier + head

战列 ('battle line') and 舰 ('ship') name a ship of the line.

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.

占戈战

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

占

占zhàn战zhàn

Same sound today

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

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

歹歹dǎiskeletal remains
刀刀dāoknife

列 combines 歹, drawn as skeletal remains, and 刀, a knife, to depict tearing apart.

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 艦; 舰 is its simplified writing.

舟監艦

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

監

監jiān艦⁰jiàn

Same sound today

The traditional form 艦 pairs 舟 (boat) with 監 to give the sound; the simplified 舰 is a shorthand and its right side is not the historical sound part.

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