生源 (shēng yuán) — source of students; student pool

Definition

noun
source of studentsstudent pool
Easily confused

Examples

  • 生源。
    Zhè suǒ dà xué de shēng yuán zhǔ yào lái zì quán guó gè dì.
    The student source of this university mainly comes from all over the country.
  • 生源。
    Hǎo de shēng yuán shì tí gāo jiào yù zhì liàng de guān jiàn.
    Good student sources are the key to improving education quality.
  • 生源。
    Xué xiào yīng gāi nǔ lì kuò dà shēng yuán qú dào.
    Schools should strive to expand student source channels.

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.

生shēngstudents
源yuánsource

“生” (students) + “源” (source): source from which students come.

Characters in this word

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

生 shows 屮 (a bud) above 一 (the ground), drawing a sprout coming up from the earth.

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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
原
原yuán源yuán
Same sound today

源 combines 水 (water) and 原 (origin): 水 points to water, and 原 gives the sound.

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