教委 (jiào wěi) — Education Committee (government body)

Definition

Abbreviation of 教育委员会, the government body that oversees education policy and schools. Functions as a unit: usually modified by 市/省/国家, rarely pluralized.

noun
Education Committee (government body)

Examples

  • 教委。
    jiào wěi Fā bù le xīn de jiào xué gǎi gé fāng àn.
    The Education Committee released a new teaching reform plan.
  • 教委。
    Shì jiào wěi zhèng zài jiǎn chá gè xué xiào de shè shī.
    The Municipal Education Committee is inspecting the facilities of various schools.
  • 教委。
    jiào wěi Yāo qiú suǒ yǒu jiào shī cān jiā péi xùn.
    The Education Committee requires all teachers to attend training.

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.

教jiàoeducation
委wěicommittee

教 stands for education and 委 stands for committee, giving an education committee.

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
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.

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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
女女nǚ
Sound part声符shēngfú
禾
禾hé委wěi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

委 has 女 under 禾. 女, a woman, is the meaning part, and 禾 gives the sound.

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