卫生局 (wèi shēng jú) — bureau of public health; health department | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

bureau of public healthhealth department

Measure word · 个

Examples

卫生局？
Qǐng wèn wèi shēng jú zěn me zǒu?
Excuse me, how do I get to the health bureau?
卫生局。
Tā zài wèi shēng jú gōng zuò le hěn duō nián.
He has worked at the health bureau for many years.
卫生局。
wèi shēng jú Fā bù le xīn de fáng yì tōng zhī.
The health bureau issued a new epidemic prevention notice.

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.

卫生health

卫wèiprotect生shēnglife

动宾Verb + object

局júbureau

A 局 is a bureau, and 卫生 gives the idea of health or sanitation.

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 衛; 卫 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

韋

韋wéi衛wèi

Same sound today

The traditional form 衛 is built from 行 as the sense part and 韋 as the sound part; the simplified 卫 is a shorthand.

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

屮屮chèbud
一一yīground

生 shows 屮 (a bud) above 一 (the ground), drawing a sprout coming up from the earth.

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

句

句jù局jú

Same sound today

The shape of 局 pairs 尸, a meaning part, with 句, a sound part.

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