管理者 (guǎn lǐ zhě) — manager, administrator, superintendent | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

manageradministratorsuperintendent

Measure word · 个

Examples

管理者。
Zhè wèi guǎn lǐ zhě hěn yǒu jīng yàn.
This manager is very experienced.
管理者。
Gōng sī de guǎn lǐ zhě men zhèng zài kāi huì.
The company's managers are having a meeting.
管理者。
Tā shì yì míng yōu xiù de guǎn lǐ zhě.
He is an excellent manager.

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.

管理manage

管guǎngovern理lǐorder

联合Coordinate

管理 means manage, and 者 points to the person doing 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.

竹官管

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

官

官guān管guǎn

Same sound today

管 has 竹 (bamboo) on top to show it relates to bamboo, and 官 gives its 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

玉玉yùjade

Sound part声符shēngfú

里

里lǐ理lǐ

Same sound today

理 pairs 玉 (jade) with 里, which shows how to say it; the jade part points to the old sense of polishing jade.

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

The form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.

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