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司令官 (sī lìng guān) — commander; commanding officer

Definition

noun
commandercommanding officer
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 司令官。
    sī lìng guān Xià dá le zuò zhàn mìng lìng.
    The commander issued the battle order.
  • 司令官。
    Quán tǐ shì bīng tīng cóng sī lìng guān de zhǐ huī.
    All soldiers obey the commander's orders.
  • 司令官。
    sī lìng guān Zài huì yì shàng zǒng jié le běn cì yǎn xí.
    The commanding officer summarized this exercise at the meeting.

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.

司令commander
司sīmanage令lìngorder
动宾Verb + object
官guānofficial

司令 comes from 司 (manage) and 令 (orders), and 官 means official, giving a commanding officer.

Characters in this word

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

The evidence is inconclusive: one suggestion sees 司 as a mouth giving orders beside a mark of authority, another reads that mark as a hand, and another sees it as a reversed older form.

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

  • 亼亼jí
  • 卩卩jié

In 令, the upper 亼 is an open mouth and the lower 卩 is a kneeling person, together showing someone giving orders.

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

  • 宀宀mián
  • 𠂤𠂤𠂤

官 pairs 宀, a roof, with 𠂤, rooms beneath it, to depict an official building.

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Appears in
Military & Defense

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