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组成部分 (zǔ chéng bù fèn) — component; part; constituent

Definition

noun
componentpartconstituent

Examples

  • 组成部分。
    Shì chǎng bù shì gōng sī de zhòng yào zǔ chéng bù fèn.
    The marketing department is an important component of the company.
  • 组成部分。
    Dàn bái zhì shì xì bāo de jī běn zǔ chéng bù fèn.
    Proteins are the basic components of cells.
  • 组成部分。
    Zhè sān gè bù fen gòng tóng gòu chéng le jì huà de zǔ chéng bù fèn.
    These three parts together form the components of the plan.

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.

组成compose
组zǔassemble成chéngbecome
补充Verb + complement
部分part
部bùsection分fēnpart
联合Coordinate

组成 means put together and 部分 means part; together they denote a constituent part.

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 →

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
戊戊wù
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng成chéng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

成 puts 戊, a weapon, beside 丁, which gives the sound. The weapon part relates to protection, as in the old sense of city walls.

Open 成 →

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
邑邑yì
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu部bù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

Open 部 →

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

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

Open 分 →
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