集团军 (jí tuán jūn) — army group (large military formation)

Definition

集团军 is a large combined-arms military formation, larger than a 军 (corps/army) and combining several 军 under one command. The term is used in formal/written military contexts.

noun
army group (large military formation)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 集团军。
    Zhè ge jí tuán jūn cān jiā le jūn shì yǎn xí.
    This army group participated in a military exercise.
  • 集团军。
    jí tuán jūn De zhǐ huī guān jīng yàn fēng fù.
    The commander of the army group is very experienced.
  • 集团军。
    Tā céng zài jí tuán jūn fú yì sān nián.
    He served in the army group for three years.

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.

集团group
集jígather团tuángroup
偏正Modifier + head
军jūnarmy

The 集团 group specifies the 军 army, naming a large grouped army formation.

Characters in this word

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

集 pairs 隹 (bird) with 木 (tree), showing birds on a tree, hence a gathering.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 團; 团 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
囗囗wéi
Sound part声符shēngfú
專
專zhuān團tuán
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 團 combines 囗 as a meaning part with 專 as a sound part; the story is about 團, not about 团.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

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