顾问团 (gù wèn tuán) — advisory group, consulting team

Definition

noun
advisory groupconsulting team

Examples

  • 顾问团。
    Gōng sī chéng lì le yí gè gù wèn tuán lái tí gōng zhàn lüè jiàn yì.
    The company set up an advisory group to provide strategic advice.
  • 顾问团。
    Zhè ge gù wèn tuán yóu wǔ wèi zhuān jiā zǔ chéng.
    This consulting team consists of five experts.
  • 顾问团。
    Zǒng tǒng rèn mìng le xīn de jīng jì gù wèn tuán.
    The president appointed a new economic advisory group.

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.

顾问advisor
顾gùconsult问wènask
联合Side by side
团tuángroup

“顾问” refers to those who consult or advise, and “团” is a group, giving an advisory group.

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 顧; 顾 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yè
Sound part声符shēngfú
雇
雇gù顧gù
Same sound today

The traditional form 顧 combines 雇 as a sound part and 頁 as a meaning part; 顾 is the simplified form of 顧.

Open 顾 →

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 問; 问 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
門
門mén問wèn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 問 combines 口 (mouth) with 門, which gives the sound; the simplified 问 is a later shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

Open 问 →

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 團; 团 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
囗囗wéi
Sound part声符shēngfú
專
專zhuān團tuán
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 團 combines 囗 as a meaning part with 專 as a sound part; the story is about 團, not about 团.

Open 团 →

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