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本校 (běn jiào) — this school; our school (used to refer to the institution one belongs to or is currently at)

Definition

本校 is a formal written term meaning 'this school' or 'our school', used in official documents, announcements, and reports about the institution itself. It is more formal than simply saying 这个学校.

noun
this schoolour school (used to refer to the institution one belongs to or is currently at)

Examples

  • 本校。
    běn jiào Jīn nián zhāo shōu le wǔ bǎi míng xīn shēng.
    Our school enrolled 500 new students this year.
  • 本校〇。
    běn jiào Chéng lì yú yī jiǔ wǔ líng nián.
    Our school was established in 1950.
  • 本校。
    běn jiào De tú shū guǎn cáng shū fēng fù.
    Our school's library has a rich collection of books.

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.

本běnthis
校xiàoschool

本 gives this and 校 gives school, yielding this school.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

本 adds a stroke at the bottom of a tree shape to mark the roots, giving the sense of foundation or original.

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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
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
交
交jiāo校jiào
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

校 is built from 木 (tree) on the left and 交 on the right, which supplies the sound.

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