主席团 (zhǔ xí tuán) — presidium | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

presidium

主席团。
Zhè cì dà huì de zhǔ xí tuán yóu èr shí rén zǔ chéng.
The presidium of this conference consists of twenty people.
主席团。
zhǔ xí tuán Xuǎn jǔ chǎn shēng le xīn de lǐng dǎo bān zi.
The presidium elected a new leadership team.
主席团。
Tā dāng xuǎn wèi dà huì zhǔ xí tuán de chéng yuán.
He was elected as a member of the conference presidium.

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.

主席chief seat

偏正Modifier + head

主 (chief) and 席 (seat) form 主席, which with 团 (group) gives presidium.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The old forms that became 主 showed a lamp or torch with a flame at the top; other forms showed wood on fire or a spirit tablet.

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

席 originally showed a woven mat with an ornament. In 席, the mat became 巾, and a later sound part was written as 庶.

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.

囗專團

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.