检察官 (jiǎn chá guān) — public prosecutor

Definition

noun

public prosecutor

Measure word · 位

Examples

检察官。
Zhè wèi jiǎn chá guān zhèng zài diào chá yì qǐ zhòng dà tān wū àn.
This prosecutor is investigating a major corruption case.
，检察官。
Fǎ tíng shàng, jiǎn chá guān xuān dú le qǐ sù shū.
In court, the prosecutor read out the indictment.
检察官。
Wǒ guó de jiǎn chá guān yóu dì fāng rén mín dài biǎo dà huì xuǎn jǔ chǎn shēng.
Prosecutors in our country are elected by local people's congresses.

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.

检察to inspect/prosecute

检jiǎninspect察cháexamine

联合Coordinate

官guānofficial

检察 means to inspect or prosecute in legal use; 检察官 is the official who carries this out.

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 檢; 检 is its simplified writing.

木僉檢

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mù

Sound part声符shēngfú

僉

僉qiān檢jiǎn

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 檢 pairs 木 (wood) with 僉 as a sound part; it may originally have pictured a blade on top of a wooden spear. The simplified 检 is a later shorthand.

Open 检 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

宀祭察

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

祭

祭jì察chá

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

The shape 察 combines 宀, a roof, with 祭 as the sound part.

Open 察 →

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