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起义军 (qǐ yì jūn) — insurgent army; rebel forces

Definition

noun
insurgent armyrebel forces
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 起义军。
    Zhè zhī qǐ yì jūn zuì zhōng tuī fān le jiù wáng cháo.
    This rebel army eventually overthrew the old dynasty.
  • 起义军。
    Zhèng fǔ de zhèn yā jī qǐ le gèng duō de qǐ yì jūn.
    The government's crackdown provoked more insurgent forces.
  • 起义军，。
    Tā jiā rù le nóng mín qǐ yì jūn, fǎn kàng dì zhǔ de yā pò.
    He joined the peasant rebel army to resist the oppression of landlords.

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.

起义rise in revolt
起qǐrise义yìrighteousness
动宾Verb + object
军jūnarmy

起义 means to rise for righteousness, and 军 is army, together an army that rises in revolt.

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
走走zǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
巳
巳sì起qǐ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

起 is made from 走 and 巳: 走 is the part connected with walking or running, and 巳 gives the sound.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 義; 义 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
羊羊yáng
Sound part声符shēngfú
我
我wǒ義yì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 義 has 我 giving the sound and 羊 meaning good or auspicious; the simplified 义 is a later abbreviation.

Open 义 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

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