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高等教育 (gāo děng jiào yù) — higher education

Definition

noun
higher education

Examples

  • 高等教育。
    Yuè lái yuè duō de rén xuǎn zé jiē shòu gāo děng jiào yù.
    More and more people choose to receive higher education.
  • 高等教育。
    gāo děng jiào yù Duì gè rén fā zhǎn fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    Higher education is very important for personal development.
  • 高等教育。
    Tā tōng guò gāo děng jiào yù zhǎo dào le lǐ xiǎng de gōng zuò.
    She found her ideal job through higher education.

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.

高等high level
高gāohigh等děnglevel
偏正Modifier + head
教育education
教jiàoteach育yùnurture
联合Coordinate

高等 (high level) specifies 教育 (teach and nurture), giving higher education.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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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
竹竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
寺
寺sì等děng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The top 竹 shows bamboo strips used for writing and sorting; the bottom 寺 once gave the sound, but now sounds different.

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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
子子zǐchild
攵Written in full as攴pūteaching cane; stick that represents authority
Sound part声符shēngfú
爻
爻yáo教jiào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

教 uses 爻 for its sound and puts 子 (child) with 攵 (攴), a teaching cane, to show teaching a child.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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