守门员 (shǒu mén yuán) — goalkeeper, goalie (in sports)

Definition

noun

goalkeepergoalie (in sports)

Measure word · 个

守门员。
Zhè ge shǒu mén yuán pū chū le sān gè diǎn qiú.
This goalkeeper saved three penalty kicks.
守门员。
Tā cóng xiǎo jiù xiǎng dāng yì míng zú qiú shǒu mén yuán.
He has wanted to be a football goalkeeper since he was a child.
守门员。
Duì fāng de shǒu mén yuán fǎn yìng fēi cháng kuài.
The opposing goalkeeper reacted very quickly.

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.

守门guard the goal

动宾Verb + object

守门 “guard the goal” + 员 “person”: the person who guards the goal.

Characters in this word

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

宀寸守

守 pairs 宀, a roof or building, with 寸, a hand, to show a hand guarding a place.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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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