讲师 (jiǎng shī) — lecturer (university teaching rank between assi…

Definition

noun

lecturer (university teaching rank between assistant professor and associate professor, or a trainer/instructor)

Measure word · 位

讲师。
Zhè wèi jiǎng shī zài dà xué jiào le shí nián shū.
This lecturer has taught at the university for ten years.
讲师。
Gōng sī qǐng le yí wèi jiǎng shī lái gěi wǒ men péi xùn.
The company hired a lecturer to give us training.
，讲师。
Tā yǐ jīng shì fù jiào shòu le, bú zài zuò jiǎng shī.
He is already an associate professor and no longer works as a lecturer.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

The “讲” part gives lecture and “师” part gives teacher, together meaning a teacher who lectures.

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 講; 讲 is its simplified writing.

言冓講

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

冓

冓gòu講jiǎng

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

The traditional form 講 puts 言, say, beside 冓, which gave it its sound; the simplified 讲 is a later abbreviation.

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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