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高院 (gāo yuàn) — high court (the highest-level court in a province or region in China, also called 高级人民法院)

Definition

Shorthand for 高级人民法院, the high-level provincial court in China (below 最高法院). It is a colloquial journalistic abbreviation, not a separate legal concept.

noun
high court (the highest-level court in a province or region in China, also called 高级人民法院)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 高院。
    Zhè ge àn zi zuì zhōng yóu gāo yuàn shěn lǐ.
    This case was ultimately tried by the high court.
  • 高院。
    gāo yuàn De pàn jué shì zhōng shěn pàn jué.
    The judgment of the high court is a final appeal decision.
  • 高院。
    Tā jué dìng xiàng gāo yuàn tí chū shàng sù.
    He decided to appeal to the high court.

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gāohigh
院yuàncourt

高 gives high and 院 gives court, so 高院 is a high court.

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
阝Written in full as阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
完
完wán院yuàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

院 is built from 阝, written in full as 阜, and 完, which gives the sound.

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