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国家级 (guó jiā jí) — national level (as a noun or attributive modifier)

Definition

Used as a noun or attributive modifier meaning 'national level' — the official tier above 省/部级 (provincial/ministerial), used for top-priority projects, experts, and protected sites.

noun
national level (as a noun or attributive modifier)

Examples

  • 国家级。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù shì guó jiā jí de.
    This project is at the national level.
  • 国家级。
    Tā shì yí wèi guó jiā jí zhuān jiā.
    He is a national-level expert.
  • 国家级。
    Zhè xiē wén wù shǔ yú guó jiā jí bǎo hù duì xiàng.
    These cultural relics are national-level protected objects.

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.

国家country
国guóstate家jiāhousehold
联合Coordinate
级jílevel

国家 names the country, and 级 gives the level on which something is rated.

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 國; 国 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
囗囗wéiclosure
Sound part声符shēngfú
或
或huò國guó
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 國 uses 囗 to show closure and 或 to give the sound.

Open 国 →

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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢑓
𢑓𢑓家jiā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

Open 家 →

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 級; 级 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mìthread
Sound part声符shēngfú
及
及jí級jí
Same sound today

The traditional form 級 has 糹 (thread) and 及 as a sound part; its original sense was a sequence related to silk. The simplified 级 is a later shorthand.

Open 级 →
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