教研室 (jiào yán shì) — teaching and research section (in a university or institute)

Definition

noun
teaching and research section (in a university or institute)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 教研室，。
    Tā zài dà xué jiào yán shì gōng zuò, fù zé kè chéng shè jì.
    He works in a university teaching and research section, responsible for curriculum design.
  • 教研室。
    Zhè ge jiào yán shì měi nián dōu huì jǔ bàn xué shù yán tǎo huì.
    This teaching and research section holds an academic symposium every year.
  • 教研室。
    Wǒ men jiào yán shì de lǎo shī men zhèng zài shēn qǐng yí gè guó jiā jí xiàng mù.
    The teachers in our teaching and research section are applying for a national-level project.

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.

教研teaching and research
教jiàoteach研yánresearch
联合Side by side
室shìroom/section

教研 means teaching and research, and 室 is a room or section; together they name a teaching and research section.

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
石石shí
Sound part声符shēngfú
幵
幵jiān研yán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 研, the left part 石 is a stone-related component, and the right part 幵 gives the sound.

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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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
至
至zhì室shì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

室 puts 宀 (roof) over 至, the spot where someone stops, giving the meaning of a house or residence.

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