过境 (guò jìng) — to transit through a country (of people or good… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

过境 (guò jìng) means to transit through a country — specifically passing across its territory on the way somewhere else, like a flight or shipment. Contrast with 入境 (entering) and 出境 (leaving), which mark the boundary crossings themselves.

verb

to transit through a country (of people or goods)

Examples

过境。
guò jìng De chéng kè qǐng zǒu zhè tiáo tōng dào.
Transiting passengers, please use this passage.
过境。
Zhè xiē huò wù zhèng zài guò jìng xīn jiā pō.
These goods are currently transiting through Singapore.
。
Wǒ men de fēi jī guò le yí cì jìng.
Our plane transited once.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

过 means pass, and 境 is the border or territory crossed, giving transit through a country.

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 過; 过 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辵辵chuòwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

咼

咼wāi過guò

Same sound today

The traditional form 過 pairs 辵 (walk) with 咼 as a sound component; the simplified 过 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the historical components.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

土竟境

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

竟

竟jìng境jìng

Same sound today

境 pairs 土 (earth) with 竟, which gives the sound; the 土 part carries the meaning.

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