领空 (lǐng kōng) — territorial airspace | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

territorial airspace

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Examples

领空。
Rèn hé guó jiā dōu yǒu quán bǎo hù zì jǐ de lǐng kōng.
Every country has the right to protect its own territorial airspace.
领空。
Nà jià fēi jī wèi jīng xǔ kě jiù jìn rù le wǒ guó de lǐng kōng.
That aircraft entered our country's territorial airspace without permission.
领空。
Liǎng guó jiù lǐng kōng biān jiè wèn tí jìn xíng le tán pàn.
The two countries held negotiations over the issue of airspace boundaries.

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lǐngterritory

领 (territory) and 空 (air) combine to mean the airspace belonging to a country.

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.

令頁領

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.

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

穴工空

Meaning part形符xíngfú

穴穴xuécave, hole

Sound part声符shēngfú

工

工gōng空kōng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

空 is built from 穴, a cave or hole, and 工, which gives the sound.

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