美容师 (měi róng shī) — beautician | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

beautician

Measure word · 位

美容师。
Zhè wèi měi róng shī de jì shù fēi cháng hǎo.
This beautician's skills are very good.
美容师。
Wǒ měi gè yuè qù yí cì měi róng shī nà lǐ zuò hù lǐ.
I go to the beautician once a month for skincare.
美容师，。
Tā shì yì míng zhuān yè de měi róng shī, yǒu shí nián de jīng yàn.
She is a professional beautician with ten years of experience.

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.

美容beautify the face

美měimake beautiful容róngappearance

动宾Verb + object

师shīspecialist

The 美容 idea, making the face beautiful, plus 师 as the person who does it, gives a beautician.

Characters in this word

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

美 shows 大, a person, wearing 羊, a headdress of feathers or ram's horn.

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

宀宀mián

Sound part声符shēngfú

公

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 容, the 宀 (roof) part points to holding or containing, and 公 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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