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培训班 (péi xùn bān) — training class; training course

Definition

noun
training classtraining course
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 培训班，。
    Zhè ge péi xùn bān wéi qī sān gè yuè, xué fèi bù gāo.
    This training course lasts three months, and the tuition is not high.
  • 培训班。
    Tā bào míng cān jiā le yí gè yīng yǔ péi xùn bān.
    She signed up for an English training class.
  • 培训班。
    Gōng sī měi nián dōu huì zǔ zhī yuán gōng cān jiā guǎn lǐ péi xùn bān.
    The company organizes its employees to attend management training classes every year.

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.

培训training
培péitrain训xùninstruct
联合Coordinate
班bānclass

培 and 训 both mean training, and 班 names a class, so together they form a training class.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu培péi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

培 is made from 土 (earth) and 咅, which gives the sound.

Open 培 →

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 訓; 训 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech
Sound part声符shēngfú
川
川chuān訓xùn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 训, the traditional form 訓 puts 言 (speech) beside 川, a sound part, and conveys preaching a teaching.

Open 训 →

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

  • 珏珏juépieces of jade
  • 刀刀dāoknife

班 shows 珏, pieces of jade, and 刀, a knife, cutting them into pieces.

Open 班 →
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