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共产党员 (gòng chǎn dǎng yuán) — Communist Party member (specifically a member of the Chinese Communist Party)

Definition

The standard term for a member of the Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党). Use it specifically for CCP membership — not for members of other communist parties.

noun
Communist Party member (specifically a member of the Chinese Communist Party)
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 共产党员。
    Tā shì yì míng yǒu sān shí nián dǎng líng de lǎo gòng chǎn dǎng yuán.
    He is a veteran party member with thirty years of party standing.
  • 共产党员。
    gòng chǎn dǎng yuán Yào dài tóu zūn shǒu guó jiā de fǎ lǜ fǎ guī.
    Communist Party members must take the lead in obeying national laws and regulations.
  • 共产党员。
    Zhè cì huì yì yāo qǐng le duō wèi yōu xiù gòng chǎn dǎng yuán cān jiā.
    This meeting invited several outstanding Communist Party members to participate.

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.

共产Communist
共gòngpublic/shared产chǎnproperty/production
偏正Modifier + head
党员party member
党dǎngparty员yuánmember/person
偏正Modifier + head

共产 conveys Communist and 党员 conveys party member, giving a Communist Party member.

Characters in this word

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

  • 廾廾gǒngtwo hands
  • 口口kǒuan object

共 shows 廾, two hands, holding up an object. That object was written 口 and later became the 廿-like top.

Open 共 →

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 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
生生shēngto be born
Sound part声符shēngfú
彥
彥yàn產chǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

Open 产 →

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 員; 员 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
鼎鼎dǐngding
Sound part声符shēngfú
〇
〇líng員yuán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 員, 〇 supplies the sound and 鼎 supplies the meaning; the simplified 员 is a shortened form.

Open 员 →
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