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警监 (jǐng jiān) — police commissioner (senior rank in Chinese police)

Definition

noun
police commissioner (senior rank in Chinese police)
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 警监。
    Tā shì yì míng jǐng jiān.
    He is a police commissioner.
  • 警监。
    jǐng jiān De zhí zé shì jiān dū jǐng chá gōng zuò.
    The police commissioner's duty is to supervise police work.
  • 警监，。
    Tā bèi rèn mìng wèi jǐng jiān hòu, gōng zuò gèng jiā nǔ lì.
    After he was appointed as police commissioner, he worked even harder.

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.

警jǐngpolice
监jiānsupervisor

警 means police and 监 means supervisor, so the rank is a police 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
言言yánspoken language, speech
Sound part声符shēngfú
敬
敬jìng警
Same sound today

警 places 言 (speech) below 敬; 敬 gives the sound.

Open 警 →

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.

  • 臥臥wòa person with an emphasized eye
  • 皿皿mǐncontainer

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

Open 监 →
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