信用社 (xìn yòng shè) — credit cooperative

Definition

noun
credit cooperative
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 信用社。
    Wǒ měi gè yuè dōu qù xìn yòng shè cún qián.
    I go to the credit cooperative every month to deposit money.
  • 信用社。
    Zhè jiā xìn yòng shè de dài kuǎn lì lǜ hěn dī.
    The loan interest rate at this credit cooperative is very low.
  • 信用社。
    Nóng mín kě yǐ cóng xìn yòng shè huò dé xiǎo é dài kuǎn.
    Farmers can obtain small loans from the credit cooperative.

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.

信用credit
信xìntrust用yònguse
联合Side by side
社shèorganization

信用 covers trust and credit, while 社 is an organization: a credit organization.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánwords
Sound part声符shēngfú
人
人rén信xìn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

信 pairs 人 as the sound part with 言 (words) as the meaning part.

Open 信 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

用 was formed by adding a handle to an earlier form.

Open 用 →

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

社 joins 示 (god; deity) and 土 (soil), so its shape is about the god of the land.

Open 社 →

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