该校 (gāi jiào) — this school, the said school (formal, written)

Definition

该校 (gāi xiào) is a formal, written term meaning 'this school' or 'the said school,' used in reports and official writing rather than speech. The demonstrative 该 here is more formal than 这.

pronoun
this schoolthe said school (formal, written)

Examples

  • 该校1990。
    gāi jiào Chéng lì yú 1990 nián.
    This school was founded in 1990.
  • 该校。
    gāi jiào De tú shū guǎn cáng shū chāo guò shí wàn cè.
    The library of this school holds over 100,000 volumes.
  • 该校。
    gāi jiào Zài qù nián de quán guó bǐ sài zhōng huò dé le dì yī míng.
    This school won first place in last year's national competition.

Origin

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 該; 该 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
亥
亥hài該gāi
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 該 pairs 言 (speech) with 亥 as a sound part; the simplified 该 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

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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
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
交
交jiāo校jiào
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

校 is built from 木 (tree) on the left and 交 on the right, which supplies the sound.

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