议长 (yì zhǎng) — speaker (of a legislative body); president (of…

Definition

noun

speaker (of a legislative body)president (of a legislative body)

Measure word · 位

议长。
yì zhǎng Zài yì huì lǐ fā biǎo le jiǎng huà.
The speaker delivered a speech in the parliament.
议长。
Wěi yuán huì de yì zhǎng xuān bù le jié guǒ.
The president of the committee announced the results.
议长。
yì zhǎng Hū yù dà jiā tóu piào.
The speaker called on everyone to vote.

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.

议yìdeliberation

议 refers to deliberation and 长 to chief, giving the chief of a deliberative body.

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 議; 议 is its simplified writing.

言義議

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

義

義yì議⁰yì

Same sound today

The traditional form 議 pairs 言 (talk) with 義 as a sound component; the simplified 议 is a later shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 長; 长 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 長 pictures an old man with long hair. The simplified 长 is a later shorthand, so its strokes do not show that original picture.

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