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集训 (jí xùn) — group training; to train together as a group

Definition

集训 (jí xùn) is intensive, short-term group training — typically a team or squad gathered for a focused training camp, not casual practice. Pairs with 进行/参加 and a duration, as in the examples.

verb
group trainingto train together as a group

Examples

  • 集训。
    Tā men zhèng zài wèi bǐ sài jìn xíng jí xùn.
    They are having group training for the competition.
  • 集训，。
    Zhè cì jí xùn wéi qī liǎng zhōu, qiáng dù hěn dà.
    This group training lasts two weeks and is very intense.
  • 集训。
    Jiào liàn yāo qiú suǒ yǒu duì yuán cān jiā dōng jì jí xùn.
    The coach requires all team members to attend the winter group training.

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jígather
训xùntrain

集 gives 'gather' and 训 gives 'train', so training done together.

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 訓; 训 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech
Sound part声符shēngfú
川
川chuān訓xùn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 训, the traditional form 訓 puts 言 (speech) beside 川, a sound part, and conveys preaching a teaching.

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Appears in
Sports & Athletics

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