指挥官 (zhǐ huī guān) — commander, commanding officer | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

commandercommanding officer

Measure word · 位

Examples

指挥官，。
Zhè wèi zhǐ huī guān jīng yàn fēng fù, dài lǐng bù duì qǔ dé le shèng lì.
This commander has rich experience and led the troops to victory.
指挥官。
Shàng jí rèn mìng tā wèi xīn de zhǐ huī guān.
The higher authorities appointed him as the new commander.
指挥官。
Quán tǐ shì bīng tīng cóng zhǐ huī guān de zhǐ huī.
All soldiers obey the commander's orders.

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.

指挥command

指zhǐdirect挥huīwave

联合Coordinate

官guānofficial

指挥 combines 指 direct and 挥 wave into commanding, and 官 means official, giving an official who commands.

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.

扌旨指

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

旨

旨zhǐ指zhǐ

Same sound today

The left part 扌 is the hand form 手. The right part 旨 gives the sound.

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 揮; 挥 is its simplified writing.

扌軍揮

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

軍

軍jūn揮huī

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

The traditional form 揮 pairs 扌 (hand) with 軍 as a sound part; the simplified 挥 is a shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

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

宀宀mián
𠂤𠂤𠂤

官 pairs 宀, a roof, with 𠂤, rooms beneath it, to depict an official building.

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