进驻 (jìn zhù) — to enter and establish a presence (for military, businesses, organizations)

Definition

Means a group (military, company, or organization) enters and sets up in a new place — it covers both the arrival and the establishing of operations there.

verb
to enter and establish a presence (for military, businesses, organizations)

Examples

  • 进驻。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī míng nián jiāng jìn zhù rì běn shì chǎng.
    This company will enter the Japanese market next year.
  • 进驻。
    Bù duì yǐ jīng jìn zhù le biān jìng dì qū.
    The troops have already been stationed in the border area.
  • 进驻，。
    Xīn jī gòu jìn zhù nà dòng dà lóu hòu, bàn gōng tiáo jiàn hǎo duō le.
    After the new organization moved into that building, the office conditions became much better.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

进jìnenter
驻zhùstation

进 means enter and 驻 means station, combining entering with establishing a presence.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 進; 进 is its simplified writing.

  • 辵辵chuòwalk
  • 隹隹zhuīshort-tail bird

The traditional form 進 pairs 辵 (walk) with 隹 (short-tail bird): the picture showed moving forward because a bird can only walk forward, not backward. The simplified 进 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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 駐; 驻 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
馬馬mǎhorse
Sound part声符shēngfú
主
主zhǔ駐zhù
Same sound today

The traditional form 駐 uses 馬, a horse, for the meaning and 主 to give the sound; the simplified 驻 is a shorthand.

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