记分员 (jì fēn yuán) — scorekeeper, scorer

Definition

noun
scorekeeperscorer
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • ，记分员。
    Bǐ sài shí, jì fēn yuán yào jì lù měi wèi xuǎn shǒu de dé fēn.
    During the game, the scorekeeper records each player's score.
  • 记分员，。
    Zhè wèi jì fēn yuán hěn rèn zhēn, cóng lái méi jì cuò guò fèn shù.
    This scorekeeper is very careful; they have never made a mistake in the scores.
  • 记分员。
    Cái pàn hé jì fēn yuán yì qǐ què rèn le zuì zhōng jié guǒ.
    The referee and the scorekeeper confirmed the final result together.

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.

记分record score
记jìrecord分fēnscore
动宾Verb + object
员yuánperson

记分 means to record scores, and 员 names a person: someone who records scores.

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 記; 记 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech; words
Sound part声符shēngfú
己
己jǐ記jì
Same sound today

The traditional form 記 pairs 言 (speech; words) with 己 as a sound part; the simplified 记 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

Open 记 →

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

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

Open 分 →

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
鼎鼎dǐngding
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.

Open 员 →

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