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连部 (lián bù) — (military) company headquarters, company office

Definition

Military term: the office and command post of a 连 (company), one level above a 排 (platoon). In PLA usage, 连部 is the company's administrative HQ, not a private office.

noun
(military) company headquarterscompany office
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 连部。
    Lián zhǎng zài lián bù kāi huì.
    The company commander is having a meeting at the company headquarters.
  • 连部。
    lián bù De mìng lìng yǐ jīng xià dá le.
    The order from the company headquarters has already been issued.
  • 连部。
    Tā gāng cóng lián bù diào lái wǒ men pái.
    He was just transferred from the company office to our platoon.

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.

连liáncompany
部bùoffice

连部 joins 连, a military company, with 部, an office, giving the company's office.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 連; 连 is its simplified writing.

  • 辶辵chuòto walk
  • 車車jūchariot

The traditional form 連 joins 辶 (walk) and 車 (chariot) to show a man-drawn carriage; this note is about 連, not the simplified 连.

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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
邑邑yì
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu部bù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

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