总院 (zǒng yuàn) — main hospital; head institute (of a hospital gr…

Definition

noun

main hospitalhead institute (of a hospital group or research academy)

Measure word · 个

总院，。
Zhè jiā yī yuàn de zǒng yuàn zài shì zhōng xīn, fēn yuàn zài jiāo qū.
The main hospital of this hospital group is in the city center, and the branch is in the suburbs.
总院。
Tā qù nián cóng zǒng yuàn diào dào yī kē dà xué zuò le jiào shòu.
He was transferred last year from the head institute to the medical university to become a professor.
总院。
Zhè ge kē xué yán jiū suǒ yǒu yí gè zǒng yuàn hé sān gè fēn bù.
This scientific research institute has one head institute and three branches.

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.

院yuàninstitute

总 gives main or general, and 院 names a hospital or institute, pointing to the main one.

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.

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.