从业者 (cóng yè zhě) — practitioner; industry professional

Definition

noun
practitionerindustry professional

Examples

  • 从业者。
    Hěn duō cóng yè zhě zhèng zài xué xí xīn de jì shù.
    Many practitioners are learning new techniques.
  • 从业者。
    Zhè ge háng yè de cóng yè zhě xū yào dìng qī cān jiā péi xùn.
    Professionals in this industry need to attend regular training.
  • 从业者，。
    Zuò wéi yì míng cóng yè zhě, tā yǒu zhe fēng fù de jīng yàn.
    As a practitioner, he has extensive experience.

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.

从业engage in a profession
从cóngengage in业yèprofession
动宾Verb + object
者zhěperson who

从业 means engaging in a profession; 者 points to people who do 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 從; 从 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辵辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
从
从cóng從cóng
Same sound today

The traditional form 從 pairs 辵 (walk) with 从, which gives the sound; the character was originally written 从.

Open 从 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →

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

The form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.

Open 者 →

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