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营区 (yíng ōu) — military camp, barracks

Definition

noun
military campbarracks
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 营区。
    Zhè ge yíng ōu yǒu wǔ bǎi míng shì bīng.
    This camp has five hundred soldiers.
  • 营区。
    yíng ōu De mén kǒu yǒu wèi bīng zhàn gǎng.
    There are guards at the entrance of the barracks.
  • 营区。
    Tā men zhèng zài yíng ōu jìn xíng jūn shì xùn liàn.
    They are conducting military training in the camp.

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.

营yíngcamp
区qūarea

The parts give 营 camp and 区 area, naming a military camp area.

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 營; 营 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宮宮gōngpalace
Sound part声符shēngfú
熒
熒yíng營yíng
Same sound today

The traditional form 營 pairs 宮 (palace) with 熒 as a sound part, depicting a person working all night with a light on his house; the simplified 营 is a later abbreviation.

Open 营 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 區; 区 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 區 is made from 匸 and 品; the simplified 区 is a shorthand.

Open 区 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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