Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English

Description

"副"这个字常常用在职位前面,表示第二位的、帮助主要负责人的人。

它也可以做量词,用来数成套的东西,比如一副眼镜。

Meanings

deputy; vice-; assistant (in a title)

他是我们公司的副经理。

measure word for sets or pairs of things

我买了一副新眼镜。

secondary; auxiliary; not the main one

这是主食,那是副食。

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Notes

  • Nuance

    As a title prefix 副 means "vice/deputy," opposite of 正 (chief/main).

  • Etymology

    Measure-word 副 counts matched sets, e.g. 一副手套, 一副对联, 一副笑脸.

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