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售货员 (shòu huò yuán) — shop assistant, sales clerk

Definition

noun
shop assistantsales clerk
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 售货员。
    Zhè wèi shòu huò yuán hěn rè qíng.
    This shop assistant is very enthusiastic.
  • 售货员。
    shòu huò yuán Bāng wǒ men zhǎo dào le xū yào de shāng pǐn.
    The shop assistant helped us find the products we needed.
  • 售货员。
    Tā zài zhè jiā shāng diàn dāng shòu huò yuán yǐ jīng wǔ nián le.
    He has been a shop assistant in this store for five years.

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.

售货sell goods
售shòusell货huògoods
动宾Verb + object
员yuánperson

售货 (sell goods) and 员 (person) mean someone who sells goods.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 售 →

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 貨; 货 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell, money
Sound part声符shēngfú
化
化huà貨huò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 貨 pairs 化 (sound) with 貝 (shell, money) to write valuable goods; the simplified 货 is a shorthand.

Open 货 →

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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