组长 (zǔ zhǎng) — team leader, group leader

Definition

noun

team leadergroup leader

Measure word · 个

组长。
Wǒ men zǔ zhǎng jīn tiān bù zhì le xīn de rèn wu.
Our team leader assigned new tasks today.
组长，。
Zuò wéi zǔ zhǎng, nǐ yào fù zé xié tiáo dà jiā de gōng zuò.
As the group leader, you need to coordinate everyone's work.
，组长。
Míng tiān kāi huì de shí hou, zǔ zhǎng huì xiān fā yán.
At tomorrow's meeting, the group leader will speak first.

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.

组, a group, combines with 长, a chief, to mean the person in charge of a group.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 組; 组 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

且

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 組 pairs 糸 (silk) with 且 as a sound part; the simplified 组 is a shorthand.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 長; 长 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 長 pictures an old man with long hair. The simplified 长 is a later shorthand, so its strokes do not show that original picture.

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