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下届 (xià jiè) — next term, next session, next year (for classes, terms of office, or conferences)

Definition

下届 refers to the NEXT term, session, or year — the upcoming installment of a recurring period like a school term, conference, or term of office. Pairs with 这届 ('this/current') and 上届 ('previous').

noun
next termnext sessionnext year (for classes, terms of office, or conferences)

Examples

  • 下届。
    xià jiè Zǒng tǒng jiāng zài míng nián jiù zhí.
    The next-term president will take office next year.
  • 下届。
    Wǒ men bān xià jiè yǒu liǎng gè xīn tóng xué.
    Our class has two new students next term.
  • 下届。
    xià jiè Huì yì jiāng zài běi jīng jǔ xíng.
    The next session will be held in Beijing.

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.

下xiànext
届jièterm

下 points to the later time, and 届 names the term or session.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

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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 屆; 届 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
尸尸shībody
Sound part声符shēngfú
凷
凷kuài屆jiè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 屆, 尸 is the body part and 凷 is the sound part.

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