检察署 (jiǎn chá shǔ) — prosecutor's office; procuratorate

Definition

noun

prosecutor's officeprocuratorate

Examples

检察署。
Tā bì yè yǐ hòu zài jiǎn chá shǔ gōng zuò.
After graduation, he works at the prosecutor's office.
检察署。
Zhè ge àn zi yǐ jīng jiāo gěi jiǎn chá shǔ le.
This case has been turned over to the prosecutor's office.
检察署。
jiǎn chá shǔ Duì tā tí chū le xíng shì zhǐ kòng.
The prosecutor's office filed a criminal charge against him.

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.

检察procuratorial examination

检jiǎnexamine察cháinspect

联合Coordinate

署shǔoffice

检察 combines 检 and 察, both about examining, and 署 names the office where this work is done.

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 檢; 检 is its simplified writing.

木僉檢

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mù

Sound part声符shēngfú

僉

僉qiān檢jiǎn

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

The traditional form 檢 pairs 木 (wood) with 僉 as a sound part; it may originally have pictured a blade on top of a wooden spear. The simplified 检 is a later shorthand.

Open 检 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

宀祭察

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

祭

祭jì察chá

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

The shape 察 combines 宀, a roof, with 祭 as the sound part.

Open 察 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.