逮捕令 (dài bǔ lìng) — arrest warrant

Definition

noun
arrest warrant
Measure word · 份

Examples

  • 逮捕令。
    Jǐng chá chū shì le dài bǔ lìng.
    The police showed the arrest warrant.
  • 逮捕令。
    Fǎ yuàn pī zhǔn le zhè zhāng dài bǔ lìng.
    The court approved this arrest warrant.
  • 逮捕令。
    Fǎ guān qiān fā le dài bǔ lìng.
    The judge issued the arrest warrant.

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.

逮捕arrest
逮dǎicatch捕bǔcatch
联合Side by side
令lìngorder

逮捕 gives the idea of catching someone and 令 is an order, naming an arrest warrant.

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
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
隶
隶lì逮dài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

逮 combines 辶, a movement-related part, with 隶, which supplies 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
甫
甫fǔ捕bǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

捕 uses 扌 (a hand, from 手) to show catching, and 甫 for the sound.

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

  • 亼亼jí
  • 卩卩jié

In 令, the upper 亼 is an open mouth and the lower 卩 is a kneeling person, together showing someone giving orders.

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