领奖台 (lǐng jiǎng tāi) — podium, awards platform (where winners receive medals or prizes)

Definition

noun
podiumawards platform (where winners receive medals or prizes)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 领奖台，。
    Tā zhàn zài lǐng jiǎng tāi shàng, jī dòng dì liú xià le yǎn lèi.
    He stood on the podium and shed tears of excitement.
  • 领奖台。
    Měi yí gè yùn dòng yuán dōu mèng xiǎng zhe dēng shàng ào yùn lǐng jiǎng tāi.
    Every athlete dreams of stepping onto the Olympic podium.
  • ，领奖台。
    Tā huò dé le jīn pái, zài lǐng jiǎng tāi shàng xiàng guān zhòng huī shǒu zhì yì.
    She won a gold medal and waved to the audience on the podium.

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.

领奖receive awards
领lǐngreceive奖jiǎngaward
动宾Verb + object
台táiplatform

领奖 (receive awards) gives the purpose of the 台 (platform).

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 領; 领 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yè
Sound part声符shēngfú
令
令lìng領lǐng
Same sound today

The traditional form 領 has 令 as a sound part and 頁 as a meaning part; the simplified 领 is a later shorthand.

Open 领 →

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 獎; 奖 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
將
將jiāng獎jiǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 獎 pairs 將 as a sound part with 犬, a dog; the simplified 奖 is a later shorthand. The evidence says the dog part's meaning is unclear, perhaps referring to guiding a dog by voice.

Open 奖 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 臺; 台 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 台 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (窗台, 电视台) it is 臺; in others (台灯, 台球) (台风) it is 檯 or 台 or 颱.

The traditional form 臺 is the 喬 + 室 form; earlier versions combined a sound part with 室, and an old reading saw it as a watch tower.

Open 台 →

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