管委会 (guǎn wěi huì) — management committee; administrative committee

Definition

Short for 管理委员会, a formal noun for a management / administrative committee that oversees an organization, area, or project. Common in institutional and government contexts.

noun
management committeeadministrative committee

Examples

  • 管委会。
    Xīn chéng lì de guǎn wěi huì fù zé zhěng gè yuán qū de guī huà.
    The newly established management committee is responsible for the planning of the entire park.
  • 管委会。
    guǎn wěi huì Yǐ jīng pī zhǔn le zhè xiàng gǎi zào fāng àn.
    The management committee has already approved this renovation plan.
  • 管委会。
    Jū mín kě yǐ xiàng guǎn wěi huì fǎn yìng wèn tí.
    Residents can report issues to the management committee.

Origin

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
竹竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
官
官guān管guǎn
Same sound today

管 has 竹 (bamboo) on top to show it relates to bamboo, and 官 gives its sound.

Open 管 →

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
女女nǚ
Sound part声符shēngfú
禾
禾hé委wěi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

委 has 女 under 禾. 女, a woman, is the meaning part, and 禾 gives the sound.

Open 委 →

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 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 会 →

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