评级 (píng jí) — to grade, to rate, to classify (cadres, products, bonds, etc.)

Definition

A formal verb meaning 'to grade, to rate, to assign a rating' (products, bonds, cadres). Common in financial and institutional contexts, often involving an official or third-party assessment, rather than personal evaluation.

verb
to gradeto rateto classify (cadres, products, bonds, etc.)

Examples

  • 评级。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī qǐng dì sān fāng lái píng jí.
    This company hired a third party to do the grading.
  • 。
    Wǒ men de chǎn pǐn yǐ jīng píng guò jí le.
    Our products have already been rated.
  • AA。
    Yín háng duì zhè bǐ zhài quàn píng le yí gè AA jí.
    The bank rated this bond AA.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

评píngassess
级jígrade

评 gives the idea of assessing, and 级 gives the idea of a grade, so it means to grade or rate.

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 評; 评 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
平
平píng評píng
Same sound today

The traditional form 評 uses 言 for speech and 平 as a sound part; the simplified 评 is a later shorthand.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 級; 级 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mìthread
Sound part声符shēngfú
及
及jí級jí
Same sound today

The traditional form 級 has 糹 (thread) and 及 as a sound part; its original sense was a sequence related to silk. The simplified 级 is a later shorthand.

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