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办事员 (bàn shì yuán) — office worker; clerk (responsible for routine administrative tasks)

Definition

noun
office workerclerk (responsible for routine administrative tasks)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 办事员。
    Tā zài zhè jiā gōng sī dāng bàn shì yuán yǐ jīng wǔ nián le.
    He has been working as an office clerk in this company for five years.
  • 办事员。
    Nà ge bàn shì yuán bāng wǒ bàn wán le suǒ yǒu shǒu xù.
    That clerk helped me finish all the procedures.
  • 办事员，。
    Xīn lái de bàn shì yuán hěn rèn zhēn, měi tiān dōu tí qián dào gǎng.
    The new office clerk is very conscientious and arrives early every day.

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.

办事handle affairs
办bànhandle事shìaffairs
动宾Verb + object
员yuánperson

办事 (handle affairs) + 员 (person) means a person who handles affairs.

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 辦; 办 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lìstrength
Sound part声符shēngfú
辡
辡biàn辦bàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 辦 combines 力 (strength) with 辡, which gives the sound; the simplified 办 is a later shorthand.

Open 办 →

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

In 事, 又 is a hand and 中 is a flagpole with a drum; holding a flag in hand depicts performing a job.

Open 事 →

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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