商业委员会 (shāng yè wěi yuán huì) — business committee; commerce committee

Definition

A formal noun for a 'business committee' — an official body of industry or company representatives that oversees commercial policy or standards.

noun
business committeecommerce committee
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 商业委员会。
    Zhè ge shāng yè wěi yuán huì fù zé zhì dìng háng yè biāo zhǔn.
    This business committee is responsible for setting industry standards.
  • 商业委员会。
    shāng yè wěi yuán huì De chéng yuán bāo kuò gè dà gōng sī de dài biǎo.
    The members of the commerce committee include representatives from major companies.
  • 商业委员会。
    Wǒ men yào xiàng shāng yè wěi yuán huì tí jiāo yí fèn bào gào.
    We need to submit a report to the committee.

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.

商业business
商shāngtrade业yèbusiness
联合Side by side
委员会committee
委wěientrust员yuánmember会huìassociation
偏正Modifier + head

商 and 业 give business, while 委, 员 and 会 name an organized group of entrusted members.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 商 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →

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
女女nǚ
Sound part声符shēngfú
禾
禾hé委wěi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

委 has 女 under 禾. 女, a woman, is the meaning part, and 禾 gives the sound.

Open 委 →

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 →

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 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 会 →

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