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书记员 (shū jì yuán) — court clerk; recorder (in a courtroom or formal meeting)

Definition

The person who records and transcribes official proceedings in a court or formal meeting — a court clerk, not a 秘书 (personal/organizational secretary).

noun
court clerkrecorder (in a courtroom or formal meeting)
Measure word · 名

Examples

  • 书记员。
    Fǎ tíng shàng de shū jì yuán zhèng zài rèn zhēn dì jì lù měi yí jù huà.
    The court clerk in the courtroom is carefully recording every sentence.
  • 书记员，。
    Zhè wèi shū jì yuán cóng yè yǐ jīng èr shí nián le, jīng yàn fēi cháng fēng fù.
    This court clerk has been working for twenty years and has extensive experience.
  • ，书记员。
    Huì yì jié shù hòu, shū jì yuán bǎ lù yīn zhěng lǐ chéng le wén zì gǎo.
    After the meeting, the recorder transcribed the audio into a written document.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

书记
书shūdocument记jìrecord
联合Coordinate
员yuánperson

书记 points to recording documents, and 员 marks the person who does it.

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 書; 书 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
聿聿yùwriting brush
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě書shū
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 書 uses 聿, a writing brush, and 者 for its sound; the simplified 书 is a later shorthand.

Open 书 →

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 記; 记 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech; words
Sound part声符shēngfú
己
己jǐ記jì
Same sound today

The traditional form 記 pairs 言 (speech; words) with 己 as a sound part; the simplified 记 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

Open 记 →

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 員; 员 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
鼎鼎dǐngding
Sound part声符shēngfú
〇
〇líng員yuán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 員, 〇 supplies the sound and 鼎 supplies the meaning; the simplified 员 is a shortened form.

Open 员 →
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