战时 (zhàn shí) — wartime | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

wartime

Examples

战时，。
Zài zhàn shí, rén men de shēng huó fēi cháng jiān nán.
During wartime, people's lives are very difficult.
战时。
Zhè ge guó jiā zài zhàn shí zāo shòu le hěn duō pò huài.
This country suffered a lot of destruction during wartime.
战时。
zhàn shí De jīng jì zhèng cè yǔ hé píng shí qī bù tóng.
Wartime economic policies are different from peacetime ones.

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」 means war and 「时」 means time, so it means the time of war.

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.

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 時; 时 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun; day

Sound part声符shēngfú

之

之zhī時shí

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 時 pairs 日 (sun/day) with 之 as the part that gives the sound; the simplified 时 is not the form described.

Appears in

Military & Defense

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