决议案 (jué yì àn) — resolution (formal decision adopted at a meeting)

Definition

noun
resolution (formal decision adopted at a meeting)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 决议案。
    Wěi yuán huì tōng guò le zhè xiàng jué yì àn.
    The committee passed this resolution.
  • 决议案。
    Quán tǐ dài biǎo duì jué yì àn jìn xíng le tóu piào.
    All representatives voted on the resolution.
  • 决议案。
    jué yì àn De nèi róng shè jí jiào yù gǎi gé.
    The content of the resolution concerns education reform.

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.

决议resolution
决juédecide议yìdiscuss
联合Side by side
案àndocument

决议 and 案 name a formal decision document.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 決; 决 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
夬
夬guài決jué
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 決 has 氵 (water) and 夬, which gives the sound. This describes 決, not the simplified 决.

Open 决 →

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 議; 议 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yántalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
義
義yì議⁰yì
Same sound today

The traditional form 議 pairs 言 (talk) with 義 as a sound component; the simplified 议 is a later shorthand.

Open 议 →

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
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
安
安ān案àn
Same sound today

案 pairs 木, a wood/tree shape, with 安, which is used for its sound.

Open 案 →

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