管理层 (guǎn lǐ céng) — management team; management level; management l… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

management teammanagement levelmanagement layer (as a group or organizational tier)

Measure word · 个

Examples

管理层。
Gōng sī de guǎn lǐ céng zhèng zài tǎo lùn xīn de fā zhǎn jì huà.
The company's management team is discussing new development plans.
，管理层。
Tā gōng zuò nǔ lì, hěn kuài jìn rù le guǎn lǐ céng.
He worked hard and quickly entered the management level.
管理层。
Zhè cì tiáo zhěng shè jí zhěng gè guǎn lǐ céng.
This adjustment involves the entire management layer.

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.

管理management

管guǎnmanage理lǐorder

联合Coordinate

管理 joins 管 'manage' and 理 'order' to describe the work, and 层 adds the idea of a level or layer.

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.

竹官管

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

官

官guān管guǎn

Same sound today

管 has 竹 (bamboo) on top to show it relates to bamboo, and 官 gives its sound.

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

玉玉yùjade

Sound part声符shēngfú

里

里lǐ理lǐ

Same sound today

理 pairs 玉 (jade) with 里, which shows how to say it; the jade part points to the old sense of polishing jade.

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 層; 层 is its simplified writing.

尸曾層

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

曾

曾céng層céng

Same sound today

The traditional form 層 uses 尸 for the meaning and 曾 for the sound; the simplified 层 is a later abbreviation.

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