劳工法 (láo gōng fǎ) — labor law | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

labor law

Measure word · 部

劳工法。
Zhè jiā gōng sī wéi fǎn le láo gōng fǎ.
This company has violated labor law.
劳工法。
Tā zài dà xué xué xí láo gōng fǎ.
He is studying labor law at university.
劳工法。
láo gōng fǎ Bǎo hù láo dòng zhě de hé fǎ quán yì.
Labor law protects the legal rights of workers.

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.

劳工laborers

联合Side by side

劳工, meaning laborers, tells what kind of 法, law, is meant.

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 勞; 劳 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

𬡤

𬡤𬡤勞láo

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

The traditional form 勞 uses 力 for the meaning and 𬡤 for the sound; the simplified 劳 is a later shortened shape.

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

The shape of 工 is a picture of a bladed tool used to plow ground or mark a border; some read it as a carpenter's square.

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

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

廌廌zhìa type of antelope or caprid

Sound part声符shēngfú

盍

盍hé法fǎ

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

法's older form combined 氵 (water) and 廌 (a type of antelope or caprid), with 盍 as a sound part; later 廌 was dropped.