领航员 (lǐng háng yuán) — navigator; pilot | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

navigatorpilot

Measure word · 个

Examples

领航员。
Zhè wèi lǐng háng yuán hěn yǒu jīng yàn.
This navigator has a lot of experience.
领航员。
lǐng háng yuán Zài fēi jī shàng fù zé dǎo háng.
The pilot is responsible for navigation on the plane.
领航员。
Chuán zhǎng hé lǐng háng yuán yì qǐ zhì dìng le háng xiàn.
The captain and the navigator planned the route 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.

领航lead navigation

领lǐnglead航hángnavigation

动宾Verb + object

领航 (lead navigation) plus 员 (person) means a person who leads navigation.

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 領; 领 is its simplified writing.

令頁領

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yè

Sound part声符shēngfú

令

令lìng領lǐng

Same sound today

The traditional form 領 has 令 as a sound part and 頁 as a meaning part; the simplified 领 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

舟亢航

Meaning part形符xíngfú

舟舟zhōuboat

Sound part声符shēngfú

亢

亢kàng航háng

Same sound today

航 shows a boat with 舟, and 亢 gives the character its sound.

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.

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