局长 (jú zhǎng) — director of a bureau, bureau chief | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

director of a bureaubureau chief

Measure word · 位

Examples

局长。
jú zhǎng Jīn tiān xià wǔ yào kāi huì.
The bureau chief has a meeting this afternoon.
局长。
Xīn lái de jú zhǎng hěn yǒu jīng yàn.
The newly arrived bureau chief is very experienced.
局长。
Wǒ men xiàng jú zhǎng huì bào le gōng zuò jìn zhǎn.
We reported the work progress to the bureau director.

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.

局júbureau

局 names the bureau, and 长 is the person in charge of it.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

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.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 長; 长 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 長 pictures an old man with long hair. The simplified 长 is a later shorthand, so its strokes do not show that original picture.

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