专利局 (zhuān lì jú) — patent office | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

patent office

Measure word · 家

Examples

专利局。
Tā qù nián zài zhuān lì jú gōng zuò.
He worked at the patent office last year.
专利局。
Zhè jiā gōng sī xiàng zhuān lì jú tí jiāo le shēn qǐng.
This company submitted an application to the patent office.
专利局。
zhuān lì jú De shěn chá yuán fēi cháng zhuān yè.
The examiners at the patent office are very professional.

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.

专利patent

专zhuānspecial利lìbenefit

偏正Modifier + head

局júoffice

专 (special) 利 (benefit) and 局 (office) combine to mean the office handling special rights.

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 專; 专 is its simplified writing.

叀叀zhuānspindle
又又yòuhand

The traditional form 專 shows 又, a hand, turning 叀, a spindle; this came to mean gathering several things into one.

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

禾禾hégrain
刀刀dāoknife

利 combines 禾 (grain) and 刀 (knife), showing a knife used to cut grain.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

句

句jù局jú

Same sound today

The shape of 局 pairs 尸, a meaning part, with 句, a sound part.

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.