交管 (jiāo guǎn) — traffic control

Definition

Short for 交通管理 (traffic control / traffic management), used as a noun or attributive — e.g. 交管部门 ('traffic control department'). The verb sense is rare at HSK 7; the row is mainly the noun abbreviation.

traffic control

Examples

  • 交管。
    Zuì jìn jiāo guǎn bù mén zài yán chá jiǔ jià.
    The traffic control department has been strictly checking drunk driving recently.
  • 交管。
    jiāo guǎn Tí xǐng dà jiā zhù yì chū xíng ān quán.
    Traffic control reminds everyone to pay attention to travel safety.
  • 交管。
    Zhè cì huì yì tǎo lùn le chéng shì jiāo guǎn de wèn tí.
    This meeting discussed the city's traffic control issues.

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.

交jiāotraffic
管guǎnmanage

交 refers to traffic, and 管 refers to managing it.

Characters in this word

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

交 originally drew a human with crossed legs. In the modern shape, the upper part resembles a standing person.

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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
竹竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
官
官guān管guǎn
Same sound today

管 has 竹 (bamboo) on top to show it relates to bamboo, and 官 gives its sound.

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