镇委 (zhèn wēi) — town committee (of the Chinese Communist Party)

Definition

镇委 is shorthand for the Chinese Communist Party's town-level committee — the local governing body between the township and village levels. In context it usually appears in compounds like 镇委书记 (town party secretary) or 镇政府.

noun
town committee (of the Chinese Communist Party)

Examples

  • 镇委。
    zhèn wēi Zuì jìn zhào kāi huì yì tǎo lùn xiāng cūn zhèn xīng jì huà.
    The town committee recently held a meeting to discuss the rural revitalization plan.
  • 镇委。
    Xīn dāng xuǎn de zhèn wēi shū jì zǒu fǎng le měi gè cūn zhuāng.
    The newly elected secretary of the town committee visited every village.
  • 镇委。
    Guān yú tǔ dì shǐ yòng de wèn tí bì xū tí jiāo zhèn wēi shěn pī.
    Matters concerning land use must be submitted to the town committee for approval.

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.

镇zhèntown
委wěicommittee

镇 (town) with 委 (committee) names a town committee.

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 鎮; 镇 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
真
真zhēn鎮zhèn
Same sound today

The traditional form 鎮 uses 金, metal, and 真, which gave its sound; it depicted pressing down with a metal weight. The simplified 镇 is a later abbreviation.

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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
女女nǚ
Sound part声符shēngfú
禾
禾hé委wěi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

委 has 女 under 禾. 女, a woman, is the meaning part, and 禾 gives the sound.

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