舍监 (shè jiān) — dormitory superintendent; warden of a school do…

Definition

noun

dormitory superintendentwarden of a school dormitory

Measure word · 位

舍监。
shè jiān Shì xué xiào fù zé guǎn lǐ xué shēng sù shè de rén yuán.
The dormitory superintendent is the person at school responsible for managing student dorms.
舍监。
Wǒ men sù shè de shè jiān fēi cháng fù zé rèn.
The dormitory superintendent in our dorm is very responsible.
舍监，。
shè jiān Měi tiān wǎn shàng dōu huì chá fáng, què bǎo xué shēng àn shí huí sù shè.
The dormitory superintendent does room checks every night to make sure students return on time.

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.

舍shèdormitory

监jiānsupervisor

舍 “dormitory” and 监 “supervisor” combine to mean a dormitory supervisor.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

余

余yú舍shè

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

舍 is 余 plus 口. 余 was the original picture for this word, and 口 was later added to distinguish it.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 監; 监 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 監 shows 臥, a person with an emphasized eye, looking into 皿, a container; the simplified 监 is a later shorthand.

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