后勤局 (hòu qín jú) — logistics bureau (military or organizational unit)

Definition

noun
logistics bureau (military or organizational unit)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 后勤局。
    Tā zài hòu qín jú gōng zuò le hěn duō nián.
    He worked in the logistics bureau for many years.
  • 后勤局。
    hòu qín jú Fù zé zhěng gè jūn duì de wù zī gōng yìng.
    The logistics bureau is responsible for the entire army's material supply.
  • 后勤局。
    Zhè cì yǎn xí yóu hòu qín jú tǒng yī diào dù.
    This exercise is coordinated by the logistics bureau.

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.

后勤rear services
后hòurear勤qínservices
偏正Modifier + head
局júbureau

后勤局 combines 后勤, rear services, with 局, bureau, for a logistics bureau.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 後; 后 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 後 showed 夊 (foot) bound by 幺 (thread), a foot caught by a rope and lagging behind; the simplified 后 is a later abbreviation, and 后 also has a different meaning.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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
尸尸shī
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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