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调查处 (diào chá chù) — investigation office, investigative department

Definition

noun
investigation officeinvestigative department
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 调查处。
    Zhè ge diào chá chù fù zé diào chá suǒ yǒu de jīng jì àn jiàn.
    This investigation office is responsible for investigating all economic cases.
  • 调查处，。
    Tā zài diào chá chù gōng zuò le shí duō nián, jīng yàn fēi cháng fēng fù.
    He has worked in the investigation department for over ten years and is very experienced.
  • 调查处。
    diào chá chù De zhǔ rèn míng tiān yào xiàng wǒ men huì bào gōng zuò jìn zhǎn.
    The director of the investigation office will report the work progress to us tomorrow.

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.

调查investigate
调tiáoinvestigate查chácheck
联合Coordinate
处chùoffice

调查 means investigate, and 处 means office, naming a place for investigations.

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 調; 调 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
周
周zhōu調tiáo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 調 pairs 言 (speech) with 周, which shows how it was pronounced. The simplified 调 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě查chá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

查 pairs 木 (wood) with 且, which shows the sound. It originally meant a hawthorn tree or a wooden raft.

Open 查 →

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 處; 处 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
夂夂zhǐ
几几jǐtable
Sound part声符shēngfú
虍
虍hū處chǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 處 pairs 虍, giving the sound, with 夂 and 几, a table, as meaning parts. The simplified 处 is a shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

Open 处 →
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