分析员 (fēn xī yuán) — analyst

Definition

noun
analyst
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 分析员
    Zhè wèi fēn xī yuán duì guó jì jú shì fēi cháng liǎo jiě.
    This analyst has a very good understanding of the international situation.
  • 分析员
    Tā shì yì fēn xī yuán míng jīn róng fēn xī yuán, fù zé yù cè shì chǎng biàn huà.
    She is a financial analyst responsible for predicting market changes.
  • 分析员
    Gōng sī qǐng le yì fēn xī yuán wèi zī shēn fēn xī yuán lái yán jiū shù jù.
    The company invited a senior analyst to study the data.

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.

分析analyze
fēndivideanalyze
联合Coordinate
yuánperson

分析 means analyze and 员 means person, together analyst.

Characters in this word

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

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

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

析 shows 斤 (axe) next to 木 (wood), depicting an axe splitting wood.

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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
dǐngding
Sound part声符shēngfú
língyuán
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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