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选区 (xuǎn qū) — electoral district; constituency

Definition

noun
electoral districtconstituency
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 选区。
    Zhè ge xuǎn qū de xuǎn mín rén shù bǐ qù nián zēng jiā le bù shǎo.
    The number of voters in this electoral district has increased quite a bit compared to last year.
  • ，选区。
    Tā dāng xuǎn hòu, lì kè kāi shǐ wèi xuǎn qū zhēng qǔ gèng duō zī yuán.
    After being elected, he immediately began fighting for more resources for the constituency.
  • 选区。
    Měi gè xuǎn qū dōu yǒu zì jǐ de dài biǎo cān jiā yì huì.
    Each electoral district has its own representative in the parliament.

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.

选xuǎnelect
区qūarea

选 means elect and 区 means area; together they name the area where elections take place.

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 選; 选 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
止止zhǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
巽
巽xùn選xuǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 選 combines 止 with 巽, which gives the sound xùn; its sense of choosing is explained as rejecting or sending someone back. Simplified 选 is a shorthand.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 區; 区 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 區 is made from 匸 and 品; the simplified 区 is a shorthand.

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