总编 (zǒng biān) — editor-in-chief | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

editor-in-chief

Measure word · 位

Examples

总编。
zǒng biān Zhèng zài shěn yuè jīn tiān de tóu tiáo xīn wén.
The editor-in-chief is reviewing today's headline news.
总编。
Wǒ men bào shè de zǒng biān yǒu èr shí nián de jīng yàn.
Our newspaper's editor-in-chief has twenty years of experience.
总编。
Zhè piān bào dào bì xū jīng guò zǒng biān qiān zì cái néng fā bù.
This report must be signed by the editor-in-chief before publication.

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.

总编 uses 总 (chief) with 编 (editor) to name the chief editor.

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 總; 总 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìrope

Sound part声符shēngfú

悤

悤cōng總zǒng

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

The traditional form 總 has 糸, a rope, and 悤 as a sound part; the rope part is for binding together. This account is for 總, not for 总.

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 編; 编 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìthread

Sound part声符shēngfú

扁

扁biǎn編biān

Same sound today

The traditional form 編 pairs 糸 (thread), for knitting a book together, with 扁 as the sound part; the simplified 编 is only a shorthand.

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