注册处 (zhù cè chǔ) — registration office, registrar's office

Definition

noun
registration officeregistrar's office
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 注册处。
    Qǐng dào zhù cè chǔ bàn lǐ rù xué shǒu xù.
    Please go to the registration office to handle enrollment procedures.
  • 注册处。
    zhù cè chǔ De bàn gōng shí jiān shì zǎo shàng jiǔ diǎn dào xià wǔ wǔ diǎn.
    The office hours of the registrar's office are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • 注册处。
    Tā zuó tiān qù zhù cè chǔ tí jiāo le shēn qǐng cái liào.
    He went to the registration office yesterday to submit his application materials.

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.

注册register
注zhùenter册cèregister
动宾Verb + object
处chùplace

注册处 is the 处 used for 注册.

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
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
主
主zhǔ注zhù
Same sound today

注 combines 水, meaning water, with 主, which gives the sound.

Open 注 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 冊; 册 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 冊 shows bamboo slips strung together, the pages of a book; the simplified 册 is a later shorthand.

Open 册 →

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 處; 处 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
夂夂zhǐ
几几jǐtable
Sound part声符shēngfú
虍
虍hū處chǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 處 pairs 虍, giving the sound, with 夂 and 几, a table, as meaning parts. The simplified 处 is a shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

Open 处 →

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