教官 (jiào guān) — military instructor; drill instructor

Definition

noun

military instructordrill instructor

Measure word · 位

教官，。
Zhè wèi jiào guān hěn yǒu jīng yàn, xùn liàn fēi cháng yán gé.
This instructor is very experienced and the training is very strict.
，教官。
Zài xīn bīng yíng lǐ, jiào guān měi tiān dài wǒ men pǎo bù.
At the boot camp, the drill instructor takes us running every day.
教官。
jiào guān Jiào wǒ men rú hé shǐ yòng wǔ qì.
The instructor teaches us how to use weapons.

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.

教jiàoteach or drill

「教」 supplies teaching or drilling, and 「官」 gives the sense of an official.

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

子子zǐchild

攵Written in full as攴pūteaching cane; stick that represents authority

Sound part声符shēngfú

爻

爻yáo教jiào

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

教 uses 爻 for its sound and puts 子 (child) with 攵 (攴), a teaching cane, to show teaching a child.

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

官 pairs 宀, a roof, with 𠂤, rooms beneath it, to depict an official building.

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