防化 (fáng huā) — antichemical; chemical defense (used attributiv…

Definition

Military/technical term short for 防护化 (chemical defense), used as a modifier before nouns (部队, 装备, 训练). Not a general-purpose adjective.

adjective

antichemicalchemical defense (used attributively)

防化。
Tā men shì yì zhī fáng huā bù duì.
They are a chemical defense unit.
防化。
Zhè xiē fáng huā zhuāng bèi fēi cháng xiān jìn.
These chemical defense equipment are very advanced.
防化。
Shì bīng men zhèng zài jiē shòu fáng huā xùn liàn.
The soldiers are receiving chemical defense training.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

防fángprotect against

化huàchemical

防 means to protect against and 化 means chemical, giving the sense of antichemical or chemical defense.

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.

阝方防

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阝Written in full as阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

Same sound today

防 pairs 阝 (written fully as 阜) with 方, which gives the sound.

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

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.

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