申请人 (shēn qǐng rén) — applicant | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

applicant

Measure word · 个

Examples

申请人。
Měi gè shēn qǐng rén dōu xū yào tí jiāo wán zhěng de cái liào.
Every applicant needs to submit complete materials.
申请人。
Miàn shì guān zǐ xì yuè dú le měi wèi shēn qǐng rén de jiǎn lì.
The interviewer carefully read each applicant's resume.
申请人。
Zhè cì jiǎng xué jīn yǒu wǔ shí duō míng shēn qǐng rén.
There are over fifty applicants for this scholarship.

Origin

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.

申请apply

申shēnstate请qǐngrequest

联合Coordinate

'申请' means to apply and '人' means person; together they name one who applies.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape comes from a picture of a bolt of lightning. It was the original character for lightning and spirit.

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 請; 请 is its simplified writing.

言青請

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

青

青qīng請qǐng

Same sound today

In the traditional form 請, 言 shows it relates to speaking, and 青 gives the sound; the simplified 请 is a later shorter form.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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