驻地 (zhù dì) — place where troops or organizations are station… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Formal term for the official seat of a stationed unit (military, press, administrative body). Collapses two senses in English: a base/post for troops or staff, and the seat of a local government.

noun

place where troops or organizations are stationedseat (of a local administrative body)

Measure word · 个

Examples

驻地。
Zhè ge zhù dì shì bù duì de xùn liàn jī dì.
This station is the army's training base.
驻地。
Shěng zhèng fǔ zhù dì shè zài shěng huì chéng shì.
The provincial government seat is in the provincial capital.
驻地。
Jì zhě bèi fēn pèi dào xīn de zhù dì gōng zuò.
The journalist was assigned to work at a new post.

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.

驻zhùstation

驻 (station) and 地 (place) give the place where troops or organs are stationed.

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 駐; 驻 is its simplified writing.

馬主駐

Meaning part形符xíngfú

馬馬mǎhorse

Sound part声符shēngfú

主

主zhǔ駐zhù

Same sound today

The traditional form 駐 uses 馬, a horse, for the meaning and 主 to give the sound; the simplified 驻 is a shorthand.

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

土也地

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

也

也yě地dì

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

地 is built from 土 (earth) and 也, which gives its sound.

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Groups & Organizations Military & Defense

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