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巡逻员 (xún luó yuán) — patrol officer, patrolman

Definition

noun
patrol officerpatrolman
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 巡逻员。
    Zhè wèi xún luó yuán měi tiān yè lǐ dōu yào zài xiǎo qū lǐ xún chá.
    This patrol officer inspects the neighborhood every night.
  • 巡逻员，。
    xún luó yuán Fā xiàn le yí chù ān quán yǐn huàn, jí shí shàng bào le.
    The patrolman found a safety hazard and reported it in time.
  • 巡逻员。
    Gōng sī pìn qǐng le duō míng xún luó yuán fù zé yè jiān ān bǎo.
    The company hired several patrol officers to handle night security.

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.

巡逻patrol
巡xúnpatrol逻luópatrol
联合Coordinate
员yuánperson

巡逻 patrol and 员 person name someone who patrols.

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
辵辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
川
川chuān巡xún
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

巡 pairs 辵, a walking part, with 川 as a sound part.

Open 巡 →

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 邏; 逻 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
羅
羅luó邏luó
Same sound today

The traditional form 邏 combines 辶, meaning walk, with 羅 for the sound; the simplified 逻 is a later shorthand.

Open 逻 →

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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