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行政 (xíng zhèng) — (noun) administration; (attributive) administrative; executive

Definition

行政 is the formal/administrative work of running an organization — narrower than 管理 (which covers any kind of managing), and focused on office, policy, and institutional affairs rather than governing a country (治理) or the government itself (政府).

noun
administration
verb
(attributive) administrativeexecutive

Examples

  • 。
    Tā bì yè hòu yì zhí zài xíng zhèng bù mén gōng zuò.
    After graduation, he has always worked in the administrative department.
  • 行政。
    Zhèng fǔ zhèng zài tuī xíng xíng zhèng gǎi gé.
    The government is implementing administrative reforms.
  • 行政。
    Gōng sī de xíng zhèng shì wù yóu tā fù zé.
    He is in charge of the company's administrative affairs.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

行xíngcarry out
政zhènggovernment affairs

行 means carry out and 政 means government affairs; together they name administration.

Characters in this word

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

  • 彳彳chì
  • 亍亍chù

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.

Open 行 →

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
攴攴pūaction
Sound part声符shēngfú
正
正zhèng政zhèng
Same sound today

政 combines 正, which gives the sound, with 攴, an action-related part.

Open 政 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9HSK 2.0 Level 6Government & Politics

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