黑鹰 (hēi yīng) — Black Hawk (helicopter) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Black Hawk (helicopter)

Measure word · 架

Examples

黑鹰。
Měi jūn de yí jià hēi yīng zài yè háng xùn liàn shí zhuì huǐ le.
A US military Black Hawk crashed during night flight training.
黑鹰。
Zhè cì jiù yuán rèn wu dòng yòng le sān jià hēi yīng zhí shēng jī.
Three Black Hawk helicopters were deployed for this rescue mission.
黑鹰。
hēi yīng De fā dòng jī jīng guò gǎi jìn hòu zào yīn gèng dī le.
After the upgrade, the Black Hawk's engine became quieter.

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.

黑 'black' and 鹰 'hawk' combine to name the Black Hawk.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 黑 seems to come from drawing a head marked with dots, usually read as facial tattoos.

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 鷹; 鹰 is its simplified writing.

䧹鳥鷹

Meaning part形符xíngfú

鳥鳥niǎobird

Sound part声符shēngfú

䧹

䧹䧹鷹yīng

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

The traditional form 鷹 combines 鳥 (bird) with 䧹, which gives the sound.

Appears in

Military & Defense

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