干 gān
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
干部
gànbù
cadre; official
Characters in this word
部 bù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 咅 to spit out 阝 place, town, city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 基层干部若只会传达文件，而不了解群众处境，政策就容易落空。 Jīcéng gànbù ruò zhǐ huì chuándá wénjiàn, ér bù liǎojiě qúnzhòng chǔjìng, zhèngcè jiù róngyì luòkōng. If grassroots officials can only pass on documents but do not understand people's circumstances, policies can easily fail to take effect.
- 这位老干部退休以后，还常常回村里看望大家。 Zhè wèi lǎo gànbù tuìxiū yǐhòu, hái chángcháng huí cūn lǐ kànwàng dàjiā. This veteran official still often returns to the village to visit everyone after retiring.
- 单位派了一位干部来协调两个部门的工作。 Dānwèi pài le yí wèi gànbù lái xiétiáo liǎng ge bùmén de gōngzuò. The unit sent an official to coordinate the work of the two departments.