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给养 (jǐ yǎng) — provisions, supplies (for troops, expeditions, or organizations)

Definition

Military/expedition term for 'provisions and supplies' — food, fuel, and other logistics to sustain troops or field operations in the field. Pinyin is gěiyǎng; do not confuse with 给 (gěi, 'to give').

noun
provisionssupplies (for troops, expeditions, or organizations)

Examples

  • 给养，。
    Bù duì de jǐ yǎng chōng zú, zhàn shì men shì qì gāo zhǎng.
    The troops' supplies are ample, and the soldiers' morale is high.
  • 给养。
    Tàn xiǎn duì chū fā qián zhǔn bèi le sān gè yuè de jǐ yǎng.
    The expedition prepared three months' worth of provisions before departure.
  • ，给养。
    Dì zhèn hòu, jiù yuán zǔ zhī xùn sù xiàng zāi qū yùn sòng jǐ yǎng.
    After the earthquake, relief organizations quickly shipped supplies to the disaster area.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

给gěisupply
养yǎngnourish

给 means supply and 养 means nourish; together they denote things that supply and nourish.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 給; 给 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
合
合hé給gěi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 給 uses 糸 (silk) for meaning and 合 for sound, and its old sense was rich, abundant, perhaps referring to precious silk; 给 is a later simplified form.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 養; 养 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 養 uses 羊 as a sound part and 食 as a meaning part.

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