中介人 (zhōng jiè rén) — intermediary; middleman; broker

Definition

noun
intermediarymiddlemanbroker
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 中介人。
    Tā zài zhè cì fáng wū jiāo yì zhōng chōng dāng le zhōng jiè rén.
    He acted as the intermediary in this housing transaction.
  • 中介人。
    zhōng jiè rén Xū yào què bǎo mǎi mai shuāng fāng de xìn xī zhēn shí kě kào.
    The intermediary needs to ensure that the information from both buyer and seller is true and reliable.
  • 中介人。
    Tā shì yì míng zhuān yè de fáng chǎn zhōng jiè rén.
    She is a professional real estate agent.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

中介intermediary
中zhōngmiddle介jiègo-between
联合Side by side
人rénperson

中介 conveys a go-between role and 人 denotes a person, giving a person who intermediates.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

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

介 shows a central human form with two marks around it, indicating being between.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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