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会计师 (kuài jì shī) — accountant; certified accountant (professional title)

Definition

noun
accountantcertified accountant (professional title)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 会计师。
    Wǒ jiě jie shì yì míng kuài jì shī.
    My older sister is an accountant.
  • 会计师。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī qǐng le yí wèi kuài jì shī lái chá zhàng.
    This company hired an accountant to audit the accounts.
  • 会计师。
    kuài jì shī De gōng zuò xū yào fēi cháng xì xīn.
    An accountant's job requires great attention to detail.

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.

会计accounting
会huìaggregate计jìcalculate
联合Coordinate
师shīprofessional

会计 names accounting and 师 points to a professional, giving an accountant.

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 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 会 →

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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