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指挥部 (zhǐ huī bù) — command post; headquarters

Definition

A military or organizational command center that issues orders and coordinates operations. Note 指挥 is the verb 'to command/direct'; 部 marks it as the dedicated unit that does this.

noun
command postheadquarters
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 指挥部。
    Bù duì de zhǐ huī bù shè zài shān shàng.
    The army's command post is set up on the mountain.
  • 指挥部。
    Zhěng gè jiù yuán xíng dòng yóu zhǐ huī bù tǒng yī diào dù.
    The entire rescue operation is coordinated by the headquarters.
  • 指挥部。
    Tā jiē dào le lái zì zhǐ huī bù de zuì xīn mìng lìng.
    He received the latest order from the command post.

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zhǐpoint挥huīwave
联合Coordinate
部bùdepartment

The part 指挥 means to command, and 部 marks a unit, making a command post.

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
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.

Open 指 →

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.

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.

Open 挥 →

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
邑邑yì
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu部bù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

Open 部 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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