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设计师 (shè jì shī) — designer; architect

Definition

noun
designerarchitect
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 设计师。
    Zhè wèi shè jì shī wèi dà lóu shè jì le yí gè dú tè de rù kǒu.
    This architect designed a unique entrance for the building.
  • 设计师，。
    Tā shì yì míng fú zhuāng shè jì shī, jīng cháng qù guó wài kàn shí zhuāng xiù.
    She is a fashion designer and often goes abroad to watch fashion shows.
  • 设计师。
    Gōng sī qǐng le yí wèi shì nèi shè jì shī lái gǎi zào bàn gōng shì.
    The company hired an interior designer to renovate the office.

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.

设计design
设shèarrange计jìplan
联合Coordinate
师shīmaster

设计 means to arrange and plan, and 师 names a person who does it.

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 設; 设 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
埶
埶yì設shè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 設 uses 言 (speech) to show the meaning and 埶 to give the sound; this explanation is for 設, not the simplified 设.

Open 设 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 計; 计 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 計 pairs 言 (say) with 十 (all). The simplified 计 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical shape.

Open 计 →

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.

  • 𠂤𠂤𠂤
  • 帀帀zā

The traditional form 師 combines 𠂤 and 帀; the simplified 师 is not the form explained here.

Open 师 →
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