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党代表 (dǎng dài biǎo) — Party representative (especially in the Chinese Communist Party)

Definition

noun
Party representative (especially in the Chinese Communist Party)
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 党代表，。
    Tā shì yì míng yōu xiù de dǎng dài biǎo, jīng cháng tīng qǔ qún zhòng de yì jiàn.
    He is an excellent party representative who often listens to the opinions of the masses.
  • 党代表。
    Zhè cì dà huì xuǎn jǔ chǎn shēng le xīn yí jiè de dǎng dài biǎo.
    This congress elected a new group of party representatives.
  • 党代表。
    dǎng dài biǎo Men zhèng zài huì yì shì tǎo lùn míng nián de gōng zuò jì huà.
    The party representatives are discussing next year's work plan in the meeting room.

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.

党dǎngparty
代表representative
代dàirepresent表biǎoexpress
联合Coordinate

党 means party and 代表 means representative, so the sense is a representative of the party.

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
儿儿érhuman
Sound part声符shēngfú
尚
尚shàng党dǎng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

党 pairs 尚, giving its sound, with 儿, a human.

Open 党 →

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
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
弋
弋yì代dài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 代, 亻 shows a person, and 弋 gives the sound.

Open 代 →

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

The shape 表 pairs 衣 (garment) with 毛 (hair or feather), originally an outer garment.

Open 表 →
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