分院 (fēn yuàn) — branch (of an institute or college)

Definition

noun

branch (of an institute or college)

Measure word · 个

分院。
Zhè suǒ dà xué zài shì zhōng xīn yǒu yí gè fēn yuàn.
This university has a branch campus in the city center.
分院。
Tā qù nián diào dào fēn yuàn gōng zuò.
He was transferred to the branch institute last year.
分院。
Zhè ge fēn yuàn yǒu sān bǎi duō míng xué shēng.
This branch college has over 300 students.

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.

院yuàninstitute

分 indicates a separated branch and 院 names the institute, together meaning a branch college.

Characters in this word

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

八刀分

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

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

阝完院

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阝Written in full as阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

完

完wán院yuàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

院 is built from 阝, written in full as 阜, and 完, which gives the sound.