市政 (shì zhèng) — municipal administration | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

municipal administration

Examples

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Shì zhèng fǔ fù zé chéng shì de dào lù jiàn shè.
The municipal government is responsible for city road construction.
市政。
Tā zhèng zài yán jiū shì zhèng guī huà wèn tí.
He is researching municipal planning issues.
市政。
Shì mín duì shì zhèng gōng zuò tí chū le hěn duō jiàn yì.
Citizens put forward many suggestions regarding municipal work.

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.

政zhèngadministration

市 (city) specifies 政 (administration) as municipal administration.

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

兮兮xībustling

Sound part声符shēngfú

之

之zhī市shì

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The old form 市 pairs 兮, meaning bustling, with 之, the sound part.

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

攴攴pūaction

Sound part声符shēngfú

正

正zhèng政zhèng

Same sound today

政 combines 正, which gives the sound, with 攴, an action-related part.

Appears in

City & Urban Government & Politics

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