校方 (xiào fāng) — school authorities; the administration of a school

Definition

noun
school authoritiesthe administration of a school

Examples

  • 校方
    xiào fāng Jué dìng míng tiān zhào kāi jiā zhǎng huì.
    The school authorities have decided to hold a parents' meeting tomorrow.
  • 校方
    Xué shēng men xī wàng xiào fāng jǐn kuài jiě jué zhè ge wèn tí.
    The students hope the school authorities will resolve this issue as soon as possible.
  • 校方
    xiào fāng Duì zhè cì shì jiàn zuò chū le zhèng shì huí yìng.
    The school authorities gave an official response to this incident.

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.

xiàoschool

校 school and 方 side combine to mean the school's administration.

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
tree
Sound part声符shēngfú
jiāojiào
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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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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