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警卫队 (jǐng wèi duì) — security guard unit; garrison (military)

Definition

noun
security guard unitgarrison (military)
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 警卫队。
    Zhè ge dì qū de jǐng wèi duì fù zé měi tiān xún luó.
    The guard unit in this area is responsible for daily patrols.
  • 警卫队。
    Dà lóu de jǐng wèi duì yóu shí míng jīng guò xùn liàn de duì yuán zǔ chéng.
    The building's security team is composed of ten trained members.
  • 警卫队。
    Jūn shì jī dì de jǐng wèi duì zhuāng bèi le xiān jìn de wǔ qì.
    The garrison at the military base is equipped with advanced weapons.

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.

警卫guard
警jǐngguard/alert卫wèiprotect
联合Coordinate
队duìunit

警卫 combines 警 and 卫 for guarding, and 队 is a unit.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspoken language, speech
Sound part声符shēngfú
敬
敬jìng警
Same sound today

警 places 言 (speech) below 敬; 敬 gives the sound.

Open 警 →

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 衛; 卫 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
行行xíng
Sound part声符shēngfú
韋
韋wéi衛wèi
Same sound today

The traditional form 衛 is built from 行 as the sense part and 韋 as the sound part; the simplified 卫 is a shorthand.

Open 卫 →

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.

Open 队 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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