管乐队 (guǎn yuè duì) — wind band | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

wind band

Measure word · 支

Examples

管乐队。
Wǒ men xué xiào yǒu yì zhī guǎn yuè duì.
Our school has a wind band.
管乐队。
Tā yǐ cháng dí shǒu shēn fèn jiā rù le guǎn yuè duì.
He joined the wind band as a flutist.
管乐队。
Nà zhī guǎn yuè duì zuó wǎn de yǎn chū hěn jīng cǎi.
That wind band's performance last night was wonderful.

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.

管乐wind music

管guǎnpipe乐lèmusic

偏正Modifier + head

管 (pipe) + 乐 (music) forms wind music, and 队 (band) makes a wind band.

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.

竹官管

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

官

官guān管guǎn

Same sound today

管 has 竹 (bamboo) on top to show it relates to bamboo, and 官 gives its sound.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樂; 乐 is its simplified writing.

絲絲sīstring
木木mùwood

In the traditional form 樂, 絲 (string) with 木 (wood) shows strings on a piece of wood, a musical instrument; the simplified 乐 is a later shorthand.

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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