放映员 (fàng yìng yuán) — projectionist

Definition

noun
projectionist
Measure word · 名

Examples

  • 放映员，。
    Tā shì yì míng fàng yìng yuán, měi tiān fù zé fàng diàn yǐng.
    He is a projectionist and is responsible for showing movies every day.
  • 放映员。
    Zhè ge diàn yǐng yuàn zhāo pìn yì míng fàng yìng yuán.
    This cinema is hiring a projectionist.
  • 放映员。
    Lǎo fàng yìng yuán shú liàn de cāo zuò zhe fàng yìng jī.
    The veteran projectionist skillfully operates the projector.

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.

放映
放fàngplay映yìngproject
联合Side by side
员yuánperson

“放映” projects a film, and “员” is the person doing that.

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
攵Written in full as攴pūhand, action
Sound part声符shēngfú
方
方fāng放fàng
Same sound today

放 uses 方 for its sound and 攵, a hand/action part, to mark an action of release.

Open 放 →

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
日日rìsun
Sound part声符shēngfú
央
央yāng映yìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

映 pairs 日, the sun, with 央 as a sound element.

Open 映 →

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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