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接线员 (jiē xiàn yuán) — switchboard operator

Definition

noun
switchboard operator
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 接线员，。
    Qǐng bāng wǒ zhuǎn jiē jiē xiàn yuán, wǒ yǒu zhòng yào de shì qing yào bào gào.
    Please put me through to the switchboard operator; I have something important to report.
  • 接线员，。
    Nà ge jiē xiàn yuán tài dù hěn hǎo, hěn kuài jiù jiē tōng le jīng lǐ de diàn huà.
    That switchboard operator had a great attitude and quickly connected the manager's call.
  • 接线员，。
    Tā zuò le èr shí nián de jiē xiàn yuán, duì měi gè fēn jī hào mǎ dōu jì de hěn qīng chǔ.
    She has been a switchboard operator for twenty years and remembers every extension number clearly.

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.

接线connect wires
接jiēconnect线xiànwire
动宾Verb + object
员yuánperson

接线 means connecting wires, and 员 points to the person who does that work.

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shǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
妾
妾qiè接jiē
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 扌 shows a hand, matching the sense of receiving something in the hand, while 妾 gives the character its sound.

Open 接 →

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 線; 线 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
泉
泉quán線xiàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 線 uses 糹 (silk/thread) to show the meaning and 泉 to suggest the sound; the simplified 线 is a later shorthand.

Open 线 →

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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