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列车员 (liè chē yuán) — train attendant

Definition

noun
train attendant
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 列车员。
    liè chē yuán Zhèng zài bāng chéng kè fàng xíng li.
    The train attendant is helping passengers put away their luggage.
  • 列车员，？
    Qǐng wèn liè chē yuán, zhè tàng chē jǐ diǎn dào běi jīng?
    Excuse me, attendant, what time does this train arrive in Beijing?
  • 。
    Yí wèi liè chē yuán tuī zhe cān chē zǒu guò lái le.
    A train attendant is pushing a food cart this way.

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.

列车train
列lièrow车chēvehicle
偏正Modifier + head
员yuánperson

列车 (train) and 员 (person) combine to mean a train attendant.

Characters in this word

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

列 combines 歹, drawn as skeletal remains, and 刀, a knife, to depict tearing apart.

Open 列 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

Open 车 →

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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