战 zhàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 戈 — spear, lance, halberd
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
战友
zhànyǒu
comrade-in-arms; battle companion
Characters in this word
友 yǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
- Made of
- 𠂇 hand 又 and, also, again, in addition
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 老战友重逢时，谁也没有提起功劳，只是默默追忆牺牲的人。 Lǎo zhànyǒu chóngféng shí, shéi yě méiyǒu tíqǐ gōngláo, zhǐshì mòmò zhuīyì xīshēng de rén. When the old comrades-in-arms met again, no one mentioned merit; they simply remembered those who had sacrificed their lives.
- 退役后，他常和当年的战友一起喝茶聊天。 Tuìyì hòu, tā cháng hé dāngnián de zhànyǒu yìqǐ hē chá liáotiān. After leaving the service, he often drinks tea and chats with his old army comrades.
- 多年的艰难岁月让他和战友们结下了深厚的情谊。 Duōnián de jiānnàn suìyuè ràng tā hé zhànyǒumen jiéxiàle shēnhòu de qíngyì. Years of hardship forged a deep bond between him and his comrades.
Related words
- 挑战 tiǎozhàn challenge
- 战斗 zhàndòu battle; to fight
- 战胜 zhànshèng to defeat; to overcome
- 战士 zhànshì soldier; fighter
- 战争 zhànzhēng war
- 备战 bèizhàn to prepare for war or a competition
- 冷战 lěngzhàn cold war; cold conflict
- 战场 zhànchǎng battlefield; arena of conflict
- 战略 zhànlüè strategy; strategic plan
- 战术 zhànshù tactic; tactics
- 战役 zhànyì campaign; battle
- 作战 zuòzhàn to conduct combat; to fight