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专员 (zhuān yuán) — commissioner; person specially assigned to a specific role or mission; assistant director; senior official with specialized oversight

Definition

专员 is a professional title meaning 'commissioner' or 'assistant director' — a person officially assigned to oversee a specific area (e.g. 反恐专员 'counter-terrorism commissioner'). The measure word is 位, used for respected people.

noun
commissionerperson specially assigned to a specific role or missionassistant directorsenior official with specialized oversight
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 专员，。
    Zhè wèi shì zhèng fǔ pài lái de zhuān yuán, fù zé jiān dū xiàng mù jìn zhǎn.
    This is the commissioner sent by the government, responsible for overseeing the project's progress.
  • 专员，。
    Tā shēng rèn le shì chǎng bù de zhuān yuán, zhí jiē xiàng zǒng jīng lǐ huì bào.
    He was promoted to assistant director of the marketing department, reporting directly to the general manager.
  • 专员。
    Lián hé guó zhuān yuán míng tiān jiāng dǐ dá zāi qū píng gū qíng kuàng.
    The UN commissioner will arrive in the disaster area tomorrow to assess the situation.

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.

专zhuānspecial
员yuánperson

专 gives special and 员 names the person; together they denote a specially assigned official.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 專; 专 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 專 shows 又, a hand, turning 叀, a spindle; this came to mean gathering several things into one.

Open 专 →

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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