委员 (wěi yuán) — committee member | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

委员 is the individual 'committee member' — a person, not the body. The full committee is 委员会, and a judging-panel member is 评委.

noun

committee member

Measure word · 位

委员。
Měi wèi wěi yuán dōu yào zài huì shàng tóu piào.
Every committee member must vote at the meeting.
委员。
Tā bèi xuǎn wéi xīn de wěi yuán.
She was elected as the new committee member.
委员。
wěi yuán Men tǎo lùn le yù suàn wèn tí.
The committee members discussed the budget issue.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

委wěicommittee

委员 combines 委 'committee' and 员 'member' to mean a person serving on a committee.

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.

禾女委

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

禾

禾hé委wěi

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

委 has 女 under 禾. 女, a woman, is the meaning part, and 禾 gives the sound.

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.

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