业务部 (yè wù bù) — business department

Definition

noun
business department
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 业务部。
    Wǒ men gōng sī de yè wù bù zài èr lóu.
    Our company's business department is on the second floor.
  • ，。
    Tā zài yè wù bù gōng zuò, fù zé kè hù guān xì.
    She works in the business department, responsible for client relations.
  • 业务部。
    yè wù bù Zuì jìn zhāo pìn le sān míng xīn yuán gōng.
    The business department recently hired three new employees.

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.

业务business
业yèbusiness务wùaffairs
联合Side by side
部bùdepartment

业务 business and 部 department combine to mean a department for business.

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 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →

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 務; 务 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lìstrength
Sound part声符shēngfú
敄
敄wù務wù
Same sound today

In the traditional form 務, 力 shows the sense of strength or effort, while 敄 gives the sound. The simplified 务 is a later shorthand.

Open 务 →

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.

Open 部 →

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