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队友 (duì yǒu) — teammate

Definition

noun
teammate
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 队友。
    Wǒ de duì yǒu hěn nǔ lì.
    My teammate works very hard.
  • 队友。
    Wǒ men duì yǒu zhī jiān hù xiāng bāng zhù.
    We teammates help each other.
  • 队友。
    Tā shì wǒ men duì zuì hǎo de duì yǒu.
    He is the best teammate on our team.

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.

队duìteam
友yǒufriend

队友 combines 队 (team) and 友 (friend), naming a friend on the same team.

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 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.

Open 队 →

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

友 is drawn as two 又, the hand form, side by side. The old explanation says two hands together mean friendship.

Open 友 →
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