检查组 (jiǎn chá zǔ) — inspection team; inspection group

Definition

noun
inspection teaminspection group
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 检查组。
    jiǎn chá zǔ Míng tiān yào lái wǒ men gōng sī jiǎn chá.
    The inspection team is coming to our company tomorrow.
  • 检查组。
    jiǎn chá zǔ Fā xiàn le jǐ gè ān quán yǐn huàn.
    The inspection team found several safety hazards.
  • 检查组。
    Shàng jí pài le yí gè jiǎn chá zǔ dào zāi qū píng gū sǔn shī.
    The higher authorities sent an inspection team to the disaster area to assess the damage.

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.

检查check
检jiǎninspect查chácheck
联合Side by side
组zǔgroup

“检查” denotes checking and “组” a group: a group that inspects.

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.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě查chá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

查 pairs 木 (wood) with 且, which shows the sound. It originally meant a hawthorn tree or a wooden raft.

Open 查 →

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 組; 组 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě組zǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 組 pairs 糸 (silk) with 且 as a sound part; the simplified 组 is a shorthand.

Open 组 →

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