县政府 (xiàn zhèng fǔ) — county government

Definition

County-level government, one tier below the prefecture/municipality (市政府). Pairs with nouns like 政策 or 公告 as the issuer of official actions.

noun

county government

Measure word · 个

Examples

县政府。
xiàn zhèng fǔ Zhèng zài xiū jiàn xīn de yī yuàn.
The county government is building a new hospital.
县政府。
Tā qù nián zài xiàn zhèng fǔ gōng zuò guò.
He worked at the county government last year.
县政府。
xiàn zhèng fǔ Fā bù le yí xiàng xīn de zhèng cè.
The county government issued a new policy.

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.

县xiàncounty

政府government office

政zhènggovernment府fǔoffice

联合Coordinate

县 is a county, and 政府 means government office; together they name the county government.

Characters in this word

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

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 縣; 县 is its simplified writing.

目目mù
木木mù
糸糸mì

The traditional form 縣, not the simplified 县, drew an eye 目 standing for a head hung by a string 糸 from a tree 木. It was borrowed for its sound to write the modern meaning "county", so that picture is unrelated.

Open 县 →

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

攴攴pūaction

Sound part声符shēngfú

正

正zhèng政zhèng

Same sound today

政 combines 正, which gives the sound, with 攴, an action-related part.

Open 政 →

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

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