安全员 (ān quán yuán) — safety officer, safety supervisor

Definition

noun
safety officersafety supervisor
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 安全员，。
    Tā zài gōng dì shàng dàng ān quán yuán, fù zé jiǎn chá ān quán shè bèi.
    He works as a safety officer on the construction site, responsible for checking safety equipment.
  • 安全员。
    Gōng sī yāo qiú měi gè chē jiān dōu pèi bèi yì míng ān quán yuán.
    The company requires each workshop to be equipped with a safety officer.
  • 安全员。
    ān quán yuán Měi tiān dōu yào jì lù ān quán yǐn huàn.
    The safety officer must record safety hazards every day.

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.

安全safety
安ānsafe全quánwhole
联合Side by side
员yuánperson

'安全' means safety and '员' points to a person, so a safety officer.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
女
女nǚ安ān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 安, 宀 sits above a seated 女 on a cushion; 宀 is the meaning part, 女 is the sound part, and the character originally meant sitting at ease.

Open 安 →

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

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

Open 全 →

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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