发令员 (fā lìng yuán) — starter (person who gives the starting signal i…

Definition

noun

starter (person who gives the starting signal in a race or competition)

Measure word · 个

，发令员。
Bǐ sài kāi shǐ qián, fā lìng yuán fā chū le xìn hào.
Before the race started, the starter gave the signal.
发令员，。
Nà wèi fā lìng yuán fēi cháng zhuān yè, měi cì fā lìng dōu hěn zhǔn què.
That starter is very professional; each starting command is very accurate.
发令员。
fā lìng yuán De zhí zé shì què bǎo suǒ yǒu xuǎn shǒu gōng píng qǐ pǎo.
The starter's duty is to ensure all runners start fairly.

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.

发令issue an order

动宾Verb + object

发令 is issuing an order, and 员 is the person who does it.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.

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

In 令, the upper 亼 is an open mouth and the lower 卩 is a kneeling person, together showing someone giving orders.

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

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.