国家队

國家隊

guójiāduì

noun #30,512

Measure Word

一支国家队 zhī

Meanings

1 national team (sports)
2 (figuratively) state-owned enterprises or government-backed actors (in finance/markets)

Characters

country, nation

home, family (suffix in 国家)

Examples

他入选了国家队。

Tā rùxuǎn le guójiāduì.

He was selected for the national team.

中国女排是国家的骄傲。

Zhōngguó nǚpái shì guójiā de jiāo'ào.

The Chinese women's volleyball national team is the country's pride.

股市下跌，国家队进场救市。

Gǔshì xiàdiē, guójiāduì jìnchǎng jiùshì.

The stock market fell and the "national team" (state funds) stepped in to support it.

Tips

culture

Two senses worth knowing. (1) Sports: any country's representative team — 中国国家队, 巴西国家队, etc. (2) Finance slang: "国家队" as the collective nickname for state-owned funds (China Securities Finance Corp, Central Huijin) that intervene in stock-market crashes to support prices. Coined during the 2015 A-share crash and now standard market vocabulary.

memory

国家 (country, nation) + 队 (team) — "the country's team." Same 队 as in 球队 (sports team), 军队 (army), 排队 (to line up).

Stroke Order

国 guó

家 jiā

队 duì