评论员 (píng lùn yuán) — commentator

Definition

noun
commentator
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 评论员。
    Zhè wèi píng lùn yuán de fēn xī fēi cháng zhuān yè.
    This commentator's analysis is very professional.
  • ，评论员。
    Bǐ sài jié shù hòu, píng lùn yuán men kāi shǐ tǎo lùn.
    After the game ended, the commentators started discussing.
  • 评论员。
    Tā shì yì míng tǐ yù píng lùn yuán.
    He is a sports commentator.

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.

评论comment
评píngcomment论lùndiscuss
联合Side by side
员yuánperson

“评” and “论” mean comment and discuss, and “员” points to a person doing 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 評; 评 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
平
平píng評píng
Same sound today

The traditional form 評 uses 言 for speech and 平 as a sound part; the simplified 评 is a later shorthand.

Open 评 →

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 論; 论 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánsay
Sound part声符shēngfú
侖
侖lún論lùn
Same sound today

The traditional form 論 pairs 言 (“say”) with 侖 as a sound component; the simplified 论 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

Open 论 →

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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