参赞 (cān zàn) — counselor (diplomatic post); attaché

Definition

A diplomatic rank below ambassador, often specialized (文化参赞 cultural attaché, 商务参赞 commercial counselor). 参赞 sits above 大使's other staff but below the ambassador themself.

noun
counselor (diplomatic post)attaché
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 参赞。
    Tā shì yí wèi zhōng guó zhù fǎ guó shǐ guǎn de cān zàn.
    He is a counselor at the Chinese embassy in France.
  • 参赞。
    Xīn rèn de wén huà cān zàn jīn tiān kāi shǐ gōng zuò.
    The newly appointed cultural attaché starts work today.
  • 参赞。
    Shāng wù cān zàn fù zé liǎng guó zhī jiān de mào yì tán pàn.
    The commercial counselor is in charge of trade negotiations between the two countries.

Origin

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 參; 参 is its simplified writing.

For simplified 参, the story belongs to traditional 參, which combines 晶 (stars), 光 (light), and 彡 (rays) to show the Three Stars; one reading takes 光 as a kneeling person looking up.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 贊; 赞 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 赞 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (称赞, 赞赏) it is 讚; in others (赞成, 赞同) it is 贊.

  • 㚘㚘㚘
  • 貝貝bèimoney

This note is about the traditional form 贊. It pairs 㚘 with 貝 (money) for helping with money; the simplified 赞 is a shorthand.

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