连队 (lián duì) — company (military unit)

Definition

noun

company (military unit)

Measure word · 个

连队。
Zhè ge lián duì de shì bīng xùn liàn fēi cháng kè kǔ.
The soldiers in this company train very hard.
连队。
lián duì Zhǎng mìng lìng dà jiā lì kè jí hé.
The company commander ordered everyone to assemble immediately.
连队。
Tā zài lián duì lǐ dān rèn wèi shēng yuán.
He serves as a medic in the company.

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.

连 names the company level, 队 names a military body; together the word denotes a company.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 連; 连 is its simplified writing.

辶車連

The traditional form 連 joins 辶 (walk) and 車 (chariot) to show a man-drawn carriage; this note is about 連, not the simplified 连.

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.

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