油漆匠 (yóu qī jiàng) — painter (of furniture, houses, or other surface… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

painter (of furniture, houses, or other surfaces)

Measure word · 个

Examples

油漆匠，。
Zhè wèi yóu qī jiàng shǒu yì hěn hǎo, shuā de qiáng hěn píng zhěng.
This painter has great skill; the walls he painted are very smooth.
油漆匠。
Tā qǐng le yí wèi yóu qī jiàng lái gěi jiā jù shàng qī.
He hired a painter to varnish the furniture.
油漆匠。
yóu qī jiàng Zhèng zài gěi dà mén shuā qī.
The painter is painting the front door.

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.

油漆paint

油yóuoil漆qīlacquer

联合Coordinate

匠jiàngworker

油漆 gives the painting work and 匠 names the person who does it.

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.

氵由油

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

由

由yóu油yóu

Same sound today

油 is built from 氵, a water part, and 由, which supplies the sound.

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

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

桼

桼qī漆qī

Same sound today

漆 adds 水 (water) to 桼 (resin used to make varnish), which was the earlier form of the word.

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

匚斤匠

匚匚fāngbox
斤斤jīnaxe

Traditionally, 匠 combines 匚, a box, with 斤, an axe.

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