派驻 (pài zhù) — to post (someone to a position); to dispatch (t…

Definition

verb

to post (someone to a position)to dispatch (to a post)

派驻。
Gōng sī jué dìng pài zhù tā dào hǎi wài fēn bù.
The company decided to post him to the overseas branch.
派驻。
Zhèng fǔ pài zhù le yì míng dà shǐ dào nà ge guó jiā.
The government dispatched an ambassador to that country.
派驻。
Tā bèi pài zhù dào fēi zhōu gōng zuò sān nián.
He was posted to Africa to work for three years.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

派 means send and 驻 means station, together describing sending someone to a post.

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; river

Sound part声符shēngfú

𠂢

𠂢𠂢派pài

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

派 is built from 水 (water/river) and 𠂢. 𠂢 gives the sound, and 水 was added later to tell the character apart from the older form.

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 駐; 驻 is its simplified writing.

馬主駐

Meaning part形符xíngfú

馬馬mǎhorse

Sound part声符shēngfú

主

Same sound today

The traditional form 駐 uses 馬, a horse, for the meaning and 主 to give the sound; the simplified 驻 is a shorthand.

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