妇联 (fù lián) — All-China Women's Federation (short form)

Definition

Short form of 中华全国妇女联合会, the official state-affiliated Women's Federation. It works at every level (街道, 各级) to protect women's rights and run support programs like anti-domestic-violence campaigns and job training.

noun
All-China Women's Federation (short form)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 妇联，。
    Tā shì wǒ men jiē dào fù lián de zhǔ rèn, zhuān mén bāng zhù yǒu kùn nan de fù nǚ.
    She is the director of our neighborhood Women's Federation, specifically helping women in difficulty.
  • 妇联。
    Gè jí fù lián jī jí kāi zhǎn nǚ xìng zhí yè péi xùn huó dòng.
    Women's Federations at all levels actively carry out vocational training activities for women.
  • 妇联。
    fù lián Zǔ zhī le yì chǎng guān yú fǎn jiā tíng bào lì de jiǎng zuò.
    The Women's Federation organized a lecture on combating domestic violence.

Origin

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 婦; 妇 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
女女nǚwoman
Sound part声符shēngfú
帚
帚zhǒu婦fù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 婦 pairs 女 (woman) with 帚 (broom), and the Shuowen reads it as a woman holding a broom. The simplified 妇 is a shorthand.

Open 妇 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聯; 联 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 聯 combines 耳 (ear) and 絲 (silk); 联 is a simplified form of 聯.

Open 联 →

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