米格 (mǐ gē) — MiG (series of Soviet/Russian fighter aircraft); Mikoyan Aircraft Corporation (manufacturer)

Definition

noun
MiG (series of Soviet/Russian fighter aircraft)Mikoyan Aircraft Corporation (manufacturer)
Measure word · 架

Examples

  • 米格。
    Zhè jià mǐ gē shì sū lián shí qī shēng chǎn de jīng diǎn zhàn dòu jī.
    This MiG is a classic fighter produced during the Soviet period.
  • ,米格。
    Lěng zhàn shí qī, mǐ gē xì liè zhàn jī zài kōng zhàn zhōng biǎo xiàn tū chū.
    During the Cold War, the MiG series of fighter jets performed prominently in air battles.
  • 米格。
    É luó sī mǐ gē gōng sī jìn nián lái tuī chū le xīn xíng zhàn dòu jī.
    The Russian MiG Corporation has launched new fighter jets in recent years.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

米 is a picture of rice kernels without husk, with the horizontal stroke as a bamboo sieve. It is unrelated to similar-looking grain characters.

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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
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
各
各gè格gé
Same sound today

格 is built from 木 (wood) on the left and 各 on the right, which gives the sound.

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