战斗队 (zhàn dòu duì) — fighting force; combat team | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fighting forcecombat team

Measure word · 支

Examples

战斗队。
Zhè zhī zhàn dòu duì zhàn dòu lì hěn qiáng.
This fighting force is very strong.
战斗队。
Qián xiàn chéng lì le xīn de zhàn dòu duì.
A new combat team was formed on the front line.
战斗队。
zhàn dòu duì De chéng yuán dōu jīng guò yán gé xùn liàn.
All members of the fighting force have undergone rigorous training.

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.

战斗fighting

战zhànfight斗dòufight

联合Coordinate

战斗 means fighting and 队 means team, together denoting a fighting team.

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.

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

The shape of 斗 originally showed a ladle-shaped dipper or cup used to measure grain, held in a hand.

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 隊; 队 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阜阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

㒸

㒸㒸隊duì

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

The traditional form 隊 has 阜 as the meaning part and 㒸 as the sound part.

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Groups & Organizations Military & Defense

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