审计局 (shěn jì jú) — Audit Bureau (government agency that audits public funds)

Definition

A government agency that audits how public funds and government projects are spent. Unlike a private accounting firm (会计事务所), it is an official state body with authority over public-sector finances.

noun
Audit Bureau (government agency that audits public funds)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 审计局。
    shěn jì jú Zhèng zài jiǎn chá zhè ge xiàng mù de zī jīn shǐ yòng qíng kuàng.
    The Audit Bureau is checking the use of funds for this project.
  • 审计局。
    Guó jiā shěn jì jú měi nián dōu huì gōng bù shěn jì bào gào.
    The National Audit Bureau publishes an audit report every year.
  • 审计局。
    shěn jì jú De gōng zuò rén yuán xū yào jù bèi zhuān yè kuài jì zhī shi.
    Staff at the Audit Bureau need to have professional accounting knowledge.

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.

审计examine and calculate
审shěnexamine计jìcalculate
联合Side by side
局júbureau

Examining and calculating together mean audit, and a bureau for this handles public funds.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 審; 审 is its simplified writing.

  • 宀宀miánroof
  • 釆釆biànto distinguish
  • 田田tián

The simplified 审 abbreviates the traditional 審, which is built from 宀 (roof) and 釆 (to distinguish); the lower 田 is uncertain.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 計; 计 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 計 pairs 言 (say) with 十 (all). The simplified 计 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical shape.

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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
尸尸shī
Sound part声符shēngfú
句
句jù局jú
Same sound today

The shape of 局 pairs 尸, a meaning part, with 句, a sound part.

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