议员 (yì yuán) — member of a legislative body, legislator

Definition

noun

member of a legislative bodylegislator

Measure word · 位

议员。
Zhè wèi yì yuán zài yì huì zhōng tí chū le xīn de fǎ àn.
This legislator proposed a new bill in parliament.
议员。
Shì mín men xuǎn jǔ le sān wèi yì yuán dài biǎo tā men de lì yì.
The citizens elected three legislators to represent their interests.
议员。
yì yuán Men zhèng zài tǎo lùn rú hé gǎi shàn jiào yù zhèng cè.
The legislators are discussing how to improve education policy.

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.

议yìlegislate

议 refers to legislative business and 员 to a person, together naming a legislator.

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 議; 议 is its simplified writing.

言義議

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

義

義yì議⁰yì

Same sound today

The traditional form 議 pairs 言 (talk) with 義 as a sound component; the simplified 议 is a later shorthand.

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 員; 员 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

〇

〇líng員yuán

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 員, 〇 supplies the sound and 鼎 supplies the meaning; the simplified 员 is a shortened form.

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