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组建 (zǔ jiàn) — to set up, to form, or to establish (an organization, team, committee, etc.)

Definition

组建 focuses on forming a team, committee, or organization from scratch, more formal and structured than the casual 搞 ("set up"). Use it for planned, institutional setups.

verb
to set upto formor to establish (an organization, team, committee, etc.)

Examples

  • 组建。
    Wǒ men jì huà míng nián zǔ jiàn yí gè yán jiū zhōng xīn.
    We plan to set up a research center next year.
  • 组建。
    Xīn zhèng fǔ xū yào zǔ jiàn yí gè gāo xiào de tuán duì.
    The new government needs to form an efficient team.
  • 组建。
    Gōng sī zhèng zài zǔ jiàn xīn de wěi yuán huì.
    The company is establishing a new committee.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

组zǔorganize
建jiànestablish

组 means organize and 建 means establish, giving the sense of setting up an organization.

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 組; 组 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě組zǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 組 pairs 糸 (silk) with 且 as a sound part; the simplified 组 is a shorthand.

Open 组 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 廴廴yǐn
  • 聿聿yù

The shape 建 shows 廴 and 聿, but it comes from an older drawing of a hand planting a pole into a base; the lower part of 聿 is not a brush.

Open 建 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Groups & OrganizationsManagement

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