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技术员 (jì shù yuán) — technician

Definition

noun
technician
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 技术员。
    Nà wèi jì shù yuán zhèng zài xiū lǐ jī qì.
    That technician is repairing the machine.
  • 技术员。
    Gōng sī xū yào liǎng míng yǒu jīng yàn de jì shù yuán.
    The company needs two experienced technicians.
  • 技术员。
    jì shù yuán Zǐ xì jiǎn chá le diàn nǎo de měi yí gè líng jiàn.
    The technician carefully checked every part of the computer.

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.

技术skill and technique
技jìskill术shùtechnique
联合Coordinate
员yuánperson/member

A person 员 associated with skill and technique 技术 is a technician.

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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
支
支zhī技jì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

技 pairs 扌 (hand) with 支, which gives the sound. The hand part fits the idea of skill or ability done with the hands.

Open 技 →

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 術; 术 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
行行xíngstreet, path
Sound part声符shēngfú
朮
朮zhú術shù
Same sound today

The traditional form 術 has 行 (street, path) beside 朮, which gives the sound; the simplified 术 is a later shorthand.

Open 术 →

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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