国家队

國家隊

guójiāduì

noun #30,512

Measure Word

一支国家队 zhī

Meanings

1 national team (sports)
2 state-owned enterprises or government-backed actors

Characters

country, nation

home, family (suffix in 国家)

Examples

HSK 6

中国女排是国家的骄傲。

Zhōngguó nǚ pái shì guójiā de jiāo'ào.

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

HSK 7-9

他入选了国家队。

Tā rùxuǎn le guójiāduì.

He was selected for the national team.

HSK 7-9

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