受访者 (shòu fǎng zhě) — interviewee, respondent

Definition

noun

intervieweerespondent

Measure word · 位

受访者。
Zhè xiàng diào chá gòng fǎng wèn le wǔ bǎi míng shòu fǎng zhě.
This survey interviewed a total of five hundred respondents.
受访者。
Měi wèi shòu fǎng zhě dōu qiān shǔ le zhī qíng tóng yì shū.
Each interviewee signed an informed consent form.
受访者。
Yán jiū zhě duì shòu fǎng zhě de huí dá jìn xíng le fēn xī.
The researcher analyzed the responses of the interviewees.

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.

受访receive interview

动宾Verb + object

受访 (receive an interview) and 者 (one who) name the person being interviewed.

Characters in this word

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

受 possibly combines 爪 and 又 as hands with 舟 as a boat, to show handing something over.

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 訪; 访 is its simplified writing.

言方訪

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

Same sound today

The traditional form 訪 pairs 言 (talk) with 方 to give the sound; the simplified 访 is a shorthand, so its right side is not the historical part.

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.