表演艺术家 (biǎo yǎn yì shù jiā) — performing artist, stage performer

Definition

noun
performing artiststage performer
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 表演艺术家。
    Zhè wèi biǎo yǎn yì shù jiā de biǎo yǎn fēi cháng jīng cǎi.
    This performing artist's performance was very brilliant.
  • 表演艺术家。
    Tā shì yí wèi zhù míng de jīng jù biǎo yǎn yì shù jiā.
    He is a famous Peking Opera performer.
  • 表演艺术家。
    Hěn duō biǎo yǎn yì shù jiā cóng xiǎo jiù kāi shǐ xué xí yì shù.
    Many performing artists start studying art from a young age.

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.

表演艺术performing art
表biǎoshow演yǎnperform艺yìskill术shùtechnique
偏正Modifier + head
家jiāexpert

表演艺术 performing art and 家 expert build the sense of a performing artist.

Characters in this word

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

The shape 表 pairs 衣 (garment) with 毛 (hair or feather), originally an outer garment.

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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
氵Written in full as水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
寅
寅yín演yǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

演 pairs 氵 (water) with 寅, which gives the sound yín.

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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
艹Written in full as艸cǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
乙
乙yǐ艺yì
Same sound today

In 艺, the top 艹 points to plants, and the lower 乙 gives the sound.

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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 術; 术 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
行行xíngstreet, path
Sound part声符shēngfú
朮
朮zhú術shù
Same sound today

The traditional form 術 has 行 (street, path) beside 朮, which gives the sound; the simplified 术 is a later shorthand.

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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miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢑓
𢑓𢑓家jiā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

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