总编辑 (zǒng biān jí) — editor-in-chief

Definition

noun
editor-in-chief
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 总编辑。
    Zhè wèi zǒng biān jí zài bào shè gōng zuò le èr shí nián.
    This editor-in-chief has worked at the newspaper for twenty years.
  • 总编辑。
    zǒng biān jí Pī zhǔn le zhè piān bào dào.
    The editor-in-chief approved this report.
  • 总编辑。
    Wǒ men zá zhì de zǒng biān jí jīng yàn hěn fēng fù.
    Our magazine's editor-in-chief is very experienced.

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.

总zǒngchief
编辑editor
编biāncompile辑jíarrange
联合Side by side

“总” (chief) and “编辑” (editor) make the chief editor.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 總; 总 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìrope
Sound part声符shēngfú
悤
悤cōng總zǒng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 總 has 糸, a rope, and 悤 as a sound part; the rope part is for binding together. This account is for 總, not for 总.

Open 总 →

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 編; 编 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìthread
Sound part声符shēngfú
扁
扁biǎn編biān
Same sound today

The traditional form 編 pairs 糸 (thread), for knitting a book together, with 扁 as the sound part; the simplified 编 is only a shorthand.

Open 编 →

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 輯; 辑 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jū
Sound part声符shēngfú
咠
咠qì輯jí
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 輯 pairs 車 (vehicle) with 咠, which gives the sound; the simplified 辑 is a later abbreviation.

Open 辑 →

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