讲解员 (jiǎng jiě yuán) — (museum/exhibition) guide; narrator; commentator

Definition

noun
(museum/exhibition) guidenarratorcommentator
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 讲解员，。
    Zhè wèi jiǎng jiě yuán duì lì shǐ fēi cháng liǎo jiě, jiǎng dé hěn shēng dòng.
    This guide has a deep understanding of history and explains it very vividly.
  • ，讲解员。
    Cān guān bó wù guǎn shí, wǒ men qǐng le yí wèi jiǎng jiě yuán.
    When we visited the museum, we hired a guide.
  • 讲解员。
    jiǎng jiě yuán De jiě shuō ràng zhǎn lǎn gèng jiā yǒu qù.
    The narrator's commentary made the exhibition more interesting.

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.

讲解explain
讲jiǎngspeak解jiěexplain
联合Side by side
员yuánperson

‘讲解’ means explain and ‘员’ points to a person, referring to someone who explains.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánsay
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.

Open 讲 →

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

解 shows 刀 (knife) separating 角 (horn) from 牛 (cow), giving the picture of cutting up an ox.

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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 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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