人事部 (rén shì bù) — personnel department; human resources (HR) depa…

Definition

noun

personnel departmenthuman resources (HR) department

Measure word · 个

，人事部。
Nǐ rú guǒ yǒu shén me wèn tí, kě yǐ qù rén shì bù wèn yí xià.
If you have any questions, you can go ask the HR department.
人事部。
rén shì bù De jīng lǐ jīn tiān xià wǔ yào miàn shì jǐ gè yìng pìn zhě.
The manager of the personnel department is interviewing several applicants this afternoon.
人事部。
Wǒ de hé tong shì gēn rén shì bù zhí jiē qiān de.
My contract was signed directly with the HR department.

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.

人事personnel affairs

偏正Modifier + head

部bùdepartment

人事部 is a 部 (department) for 人事 (personnel affairs), where 人 means people and 事 means affairs.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

In 事, 又 is a hand and 中 is a flagpole with a drum; holding a flag in hand depicts performing a job.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

咅

咅pǒu部bù

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

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

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