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财政部 (cái zhèng bù) — Ministry of Finance

Definition

noun
Ministry of Finance

Examples

  • 财政部。
    Tā qù nián jìn rù le cái zhèng bù gōng zuò.
    He started working at the Ministry of Finance last year.
  • 财政部。
    cái zhèng bù Fā bù le xīn de shuì shōu zhèng cè.
    The Ministry of Finance released new tax policies.
  • 财政部。
    cái zhèng bù Zhèng zài zhì dìng míng nián de yù suàn fāng àn.
    The Ministry of Finance is drafting next year's budget 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.

财政finance
财cáiwealth政zhèngadministration
偏正Modifier + head
部bùdepartment

财政, financial administration, specifies the work, and 部 names the government department.

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 財; 财 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell
Sound part声符shēngfú
才
才cái財cái
Same sound today

The traditional form 財 has 貝 (shell) next to 才, which gives the sound; the simplified 财 is a later shorthand.

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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
攴攴pūaction
Sound part声符shēngfú
正
正zhèng政zhèng
Same sound today

政 combines 正, which gives the sound, with 攴, an action-related part.

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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.

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Appears in
Government & Politics

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