管理局 (guǎn lǐ jú) — administrative bureau; management office; government agency (for a specific sector)

Definition

noun
administrative bureaumanagement officegovernment agency (for a specific sector)
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 管理局
    Tiě lù guǎn lǐ jú fù zé quán guó tiě lù de yùn yíng hé guǎn lǐ.
    The railway bureau is responsible for the operation and management of the national railway.
  • 管理局
    Guó jiā lín yè guǎn lǐ jú fā bù le xīn de sēn lín bǎo hù zhèng cè.
    The National Forestry Administration issued new forest protection policies.
  • 管理局
    Tā zài zhè jiā guǎn lǐ jú gōng zuò le èr shí nián.
    He has worked at this administrative bureau for twenty years.

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.

管理management
guǎnmanagehandle
联合Coordinate
bureau

“管理” contributes the idea of managing, and “局” denotes an office, together naming an administrative office.

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
zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
guānguǎn
Same sound today

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

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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
jade
Sound part声符shēngfú
Same sound today

理 pairs 玉 (jade) with 里, which shows how to say it; the jade part points to the old sense of polishing jade.

Open 理 →

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
Sound part声符shēngfú
Same sound today

The shape of 局 pairs 尸, a meaning part, with 句, a sound part.

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