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调查组 (diào chá zǔ) — investigation team

Definition

noun
investigation team
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 调查组。
    diào chá zǔ Yǐ jīng fā bù le bào gào.
    The investigation team has released a report.
  • 调查组。
    diào chá zǔ De chéng yuán lái zì bù tóng bù mén.
    The members of the investigation team come from different departments.
  • 调查组。
    diào chá zǔ Zhèng zài zǐ xì diào chá zhè cì shì gù.
    The investigation team is carefully investigating this accident.

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
组zǔgroup

调查 means to look into something, and 组 is a group of people doing that.

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.

Open 调 →

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 組; 组 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě組zǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 組 pairs 糸 (silk) with 且 as a sound part; the simplified 组 is a shorthand.

Open 组 →
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Groups & OrganizationsCrime & Police

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