驾校 (jià jiào) — driving school

Definition

noun
driving school
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 驾校。
    Wǒ zài jià jiào bào míng xué kāi chē.
    I signed up for driving lessons at a driving school.
  • 驾校。
    Tā měi tiān shàng wǔ qù jià jiào liàn chē.
    He goes to the driving school every morning to practice.
  • 驾校。
    Zhè suǒ jià jiào de tōng guò lǜ hěn gāo.
    The pass rate at this driving school is very high.

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.

驾jiàdrive
校xiàoschool

驾 refers to driving and 校 to a school, naming a school for driving.

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 駕; 驾 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
馬馬mǎ
Sound part声符shēngfú
加
加jiā駕jià
Same sound today

In the traditional form 駕, 馬 relates to a horse, and 加 gives the sound; this story is about 駕, not the simplified 驾.

Open 驾 →

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.

Open 校 →

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