统帅部 (tǒng shuài bù) — supreme command (the leadership body of the armed forces); general headquarters (GHQ, the central command post)

Definition

noun
supreme command (the leadership body of the armed forces)general headquarters (GHQ, the central command post)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • ，统帅部。
    Zhàn zhēng qī jiān, tǒng shuài bù xià dá le quán miàn jìn gōng de mìng lìng.
    During the war, the supreme command issued an order for a full-scale offensive.
  • 统帅部。
    Xīn chéng lì de tǒng shuài bù shè zài shǒu dū de dì xià yǎn tǐ nèi.
    The newly established general headquarters is located in the underground bunker in the capital.
  • 统帅部，。
    Gè jūn zhǒng dài biǎo zài tǒng shuài bù zhào kāi lián xí huì yì, tǎo lùn zhàn lüè bù shǔ.
    Representatives of all military branches held a joint meeting at the supreme command to discuss strategic deployment.

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.

统帅supreme commander
统tǒngcommand帅shuàimarshal
联合Side by side
部bùdepartment/headquarters

统帅 means supreme commander and 部 is the command department, together the supreme headquarters.

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 統; 统 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
充
充chōng統tǒng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 統 uses 糸 as a meaning part and 充 as a sound part; the simplified 统 is a later shorthand, so this story is about 統, not about 统's parts.

Open 统 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 帥; 帅 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 帥 shows 寻 (two hands) with 巾 (scarf), showing a scarf being worn. The simplified 帅 is a later shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

Open 帅 →

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
邑邑yì
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu部bù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

Open 部 →

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