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画师 (huà shī) — painter, artist (especially a professional or traditional-style painter)

Definition

画师 emphasizes a professional or traditionally trained painter, often used for historical, court, or freelance artists. More formal and craftsman-like than the everyday 画家.

noun
painterartist (especially a professional or traditional-style painter)
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 画师。
    Zhè wèi lǎo huà shī de shān shuǐ huà fēi cháng yǒu míng.
    This old painter's landscape paintings are very famous.
  • 画师。
    Sòng dài gōng tíng huà shī de zuò pǐn xiàn zài jià zhí lián chéng.
    The works of Song dynasty court painters are now priceless.
  • 画师。
    Tā cóng xiǎo jiù xiǎng dāng yì míng zì yóu huà shī.
    He has wanted to be a freelance painter since he was young.

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.

画huàpainting
师shīperson

“画” painting and “师” person combine to mean a skilled painter.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 畫; 画 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
聿聿yùbrush
Sound part声符shēngfú
規
規guī畫huà
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 畫 pairs 聿, a brush, with 規 for its sound. The simplified 画 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the old parts.

Open 画 →

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.

  • 𠂤𠂤𠂤
  • 帀帀zā

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

Open 师 →
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