体育部 (tǐ yù bù) — Physical Education department, sports department

Definition

Noun for a 'Physical Education / sports department' in a school, university, or organization — the unit that runs athletics, PE, and sports facilities. Refers to an administrative office, not the PE class itself.

noun
Physical Education departmentsports department
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 体育部，。
    Tā zài dà xué de tǐ yù bù gōng zuò, fù zé guǎn lǐ suǒ yǒu yùn dòng shè shī.
    He works at the university's sports department and is responsible for managing all athletic facilities.
  • 体育部。
    tǐ yù bù Měi nián dōu huì jǔ bàn yí cì quán xiào yùn dòng huì.
    The PE department holds a school-wide sports meet every year.
  • 体育部。
    Wǒ men xué xiào de tǐ yù bù xīn yǐn jìn le jǐ tái jiàn shēn qì cái.
    Our school's sports department recently introduced several pieces of fitness equipment.

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.

体育physical education
体tǐbody育yùeducation
偏正Modifier + head
部bùdepartment

体 and 育 form physical education, and 部 is a department, giving a department for physical education.

Characters in this word

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 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
骨骨gǔbone
Sound part声符shēngfú
豊
豊lǐ體tǐ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

Open 体 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 育 →

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
邑邑yì
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.

Open 部 →

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