幼儿教育 (yòu ér jiào yù) — preschool education

Definition

noun

preschool education

幼儿教育。
yòu ér jiào yù Duì hái zi de chéng zhǎng fēi cháng zhòng yào.
Preschool education is very important for children's development.
幼儿教育。
Tā zài yì jiā yòu ér jiào yù jī gòu gōng zuò.
She works at a preschool education institution.
幼儿教育。
Hěn duō jiā zhǎng dōu zhòng shì yòu ér jiào yù.
Many parents value preschool education.

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.

幼儿young children

偏正Modifier + head

教育education

联合Side by side

幼儿 names young children, and 教育 combines teaching and nurturing, so 幼儿教育 is education for young children.

Characters in this word

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

幺力幼

幼 is built from 幺, shown as tiny, and 力, shown as strength. 幺 may also contribute the sound.

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

The shape 儿 is a simple drawing of a standing person, used as an alternate form of the character for person.

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

子子zǐchild

攵Written in full as攴pūteaching cane; stick that represents authority

Sound part声符shēngfú

爻

爻yáo教jiào

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

教 uses 爻 for its sound and puts 子 (child) with 攵 (攴), a teaching cane, to show teaching a child.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.