工程师 (gōng chéng shī) — engineer | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

engineer

Measure word · 个, 位, 名

工程师。
Tā shì zhè ge xiàng mù de gōng chéng shī.
He is the engineer for this project.
工程师。
Wǒ men xū yào yí wèi jī xiè gōng chéng shī.
We need a mechanical engineer.
工程师。
Zhè wèi gōng chéng shī zài shè jì yí zuò dà qiáo.
This engineer is designing a big bridge.

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.

工程engineering project

偏正Modifier + head

师shīskilled person

工程 “engineering work” and 师 “skilled person” combine to name an expert in engineering.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 工 is a picture of a bladed tool used to plow ground or mark a border; some read it as a carpenter's square.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

禾呈程

Meaning part形符xíngfú

禾禾hégrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

呈

Same sound today

程 is made from 禾 (grain) and 呈 (pronounced chéng); the evidence gives measurements.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 師; 师 is its simplified writing.

𠂤帀師

The traditional form 師 combines 𠂤 and 帀; the simplified 师 is not the form explained here.

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