机师 (jī shī) — airplane pilot; mechanical engineer

Definition

机师 is a technical, formal term for a pilot (aircraft) or marine engineer, less common in everyday speech than 飞行员.

noun

airplane pilotmechanical engineer

Measure word · 个

机师，。
Tā shì yì míng yōu xiù de jī shī, yǒu chāo guò èr shí nián de fēi xíng jīng yàn.
He is an excellent pilot with over twenty years of flying experience.
机师。
Zhè sōu chuán de jī shī zhèng zài jiǎn chá zhǔ jī.
The ship's engineer is checking the main engine.
机师。
Xǔ duō jī shī zài háng kōng gōng sī hé zào chuán chǎng gōng zuò.
Many pilots and engineers work at airlines and shipyards.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

机jīmachine

师shīmaster; specialist

机 (machine) and 师 (master/specialist) combine to mean an engineer or pilot.

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.

木几机

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree; wood

Sound part声符shēngfú

几

Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 師; 师 is its simplified writing.

𠂤帀師

The traditional form 師 combines 𠂤 and 帀; the simplified 师 is not the form explained here.

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