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卫生员 (wèi shēng yuán) — health worker; medical orderly; medic

Definition

noun
health workermedical orderlymedic
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 卫生员。
    Zhè ge yī yuàn xùn liàn le shàng bǎi míng wèi shēng yuán.
    This hospital has trained hundreds of medics.
  • ，卫生员。
    Zhàn chǎng shàng, wèi shēng yuán shì zuì zhí dé zūn jìng de rén zhī yī.
    On the battlefield, medics are among the most respected people.
  • 卫生员。
    Tā bì yè hòu chéng le yì míng shè qū wèi shēng yuán.
    After graduation, she became a community health worker.

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.

卫生hygiene
卫wèiprotect生shēnglife
动宾Verb + object
员yuánperson

卫生 “hygiene” and 员 “person” together denote a health worker.

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 衛; 卫 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
行行xíng
Sound part声符shēngfú
韋
韋wéi衛wèi
Same sound today

The traditional form 衛 is built from 行 as the sense part and 韋 as the sound part; the simplified 卫 is a shorthand.

Open 卫 →

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

生 shows 屮 (a bud) above 一 (the ground), drawing a sprout coming up from the earth.

Open 生 →

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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