署 (shǔ) — (bound form) government office, administrative agency; (bound form) to sign (one's name); to arrange, to deputize
Definition
署 (shǔ) is a bound form that almost always appears inside compounds: 署长 (head of an agency), 签署 (to sign a document), 部署 (to arrange/deploy). On its own it means 'government office' or 'to sign'; learners meet it inside these fixed words.
bound form
(bound form) government officeadministrative agency(bound form) to sign (one's name)to arrangeto deputize
Examples
- 。Qǐng zài zhè fèn wén jiàn shàng qiān shǔ.Please sign this document.
- 。Gōng sī zhèng zài bù shǔ xīn de fā zhǎn jì huà.The company is deploying a new development plan.
- 。Tā dān rèn le gāi jī gòu de shǔ zhǎng.He serves as the head of that agency.
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