越野 (yuè yě) — (attributive) cross-country; (attributive) off-… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

adjective

(attributive) cross-country(attributive) off-road

Examples

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Tā mǎi le yí liàng yuè yě chē.
He bought an off-road vehicle.
越野。
Míng tiān yǒu yì chǎng yuè yě bǐ sài.
There is a cross-country race tomorrow.
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Zhè liàng yuè yě chē de xìng néng hěn hǎo.
The performance of this off-road vehicle is very good.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

越 means to cross and 野 means open country, so the word describes moving across rough terrain.

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.

走戉越

Meaning part形符xíngfú

走走zǒuto walk or run

Sound part声符shēngfú

戉

戉yuè越yuè

Same sound today

越 is built from 走 (to walk or run) and 戉 (which supplies the sound); the 走 part shows the idea of going over or crossing.

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

田田tiánfield

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

予

予yǔ野yě

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

野 combines 田 (field) above 土 (earth) to show open country, with 予 giving the sound.

Appears in

Outdoor Recreation

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