营地 (yíng dì) — campsite | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

campsite

Measure word · 个

Examples

营地。
Tā men zài shān lǐ jiàn le yí gè yíng dì.
They built a campsite in the mountains.
营地，。
Zhè ge yíng dì kào jìn yì tiáo xiǎo hé, fēi cháng ān jìng.
This campsite is near a small river, very quiet.
营地。
Měi nián xià tiān dōu yǒu hěn duō rén lái zhè ge yíng dì lù yíng.
Every summer many people come to this campsite to 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

地dìplace

营 means camp and 地 means place, giving a place for camping.

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.

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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.

土也地

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

也

也yě地dì

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

地 is built from 土 (earth) and 也, which gives its sound.

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