商学院 (shāng xué yuàn) — business school, school of commerce

Definition

noun

business schoolschool of commerce

Measure word · 所

商学院。
Tā qù nián cóng shāng xué yuàn bì yè le.
He graduated from business school last year.
商学院，。
shāng xué yuàn De xué fèi hěn gāo, dàn shì zhí dé.
The tuition at business school is very high, but it's worth it.
商学院MBA。
Tā zài yì suǒ shāng xué yuàn dú MBA.
She is studying for an MBA at a business school.

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.

学院college

学xuélearning院yuàninstitute

偏正Modifier + head

商 refers to business, and 学院 refers to an educational institute, so the whole names a business school.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

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.

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