受训 (shòu xùn) — to receive training; to undergo training

Definition

受训 (shòuxùn) means to undergo training — focuses on the trainee's side, 'being trained'. Pairs with 培训 (péixùn), the act of training someone else.

verb

to receive trainingto undergo training

受训。
Gōng sī pài tā chū guó shòu xùn.
The company sent him abroad for training.
。
Tā shòu guò sān gè yuè de xùn.
He underwent three months of training.
受训。
Zài péi xùn zhōng xīn shòu xùn de xīn yuán gōng dōu hěn rèn zhēn.
The new employees undergoing training at the training center are very serious.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

训xùntraining

受 means receive and 训 means training; together they mean undergo training.

Characters in this word

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

受 possibly combines 爪 and 又 as hands with 舟 as a boat, to show handing something over.

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 訓; 训 is its simplified writing.

言川訓

Meaning part形符xíngfú

言言yánspeech

Sound part声符shēngfú

川

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

For 训, the traditional form 訓 puts 言 (speech) beside 川, a sound part, and conveys preaching a teaching.

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