广播员 (guǎng bō yuán) — radio broadcaster; announcer (on radio or TV)

Definition

noun
radio broadcasterannouncer (on radio or TV)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 广播员。
    Tā shì yì míng yōu xiù de guǎng bō yuán.
    He is an excellent radio broadcaster.
  • 广播员。
    Nà wèi guǎng bō yuán de shēng yīn hěn hǎo tīng.
    That announcer's voice is very pleasant.
  • 广播员。
    Tā cóng xiǎo jiù xiǎng dāng guǎng bō yuán.
    She has wanted to be a broadcaster since she was young.

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.

广播broadcast
广guǎngbroad播bōspread
偏正Modifier + head
员yuánperson

广播, broadcast, plus 员, person, gives someone who broadcasts.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 廣; 广 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎng
Sound part声符shēngfú
黃
黃huáng廣guǎng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 廣 combines 广 (meaning part) with 黃 (sound part); the simplified 广 is a later shorthand, not the full historical shape.

Open 广 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
番
番fān播bō
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

播 is built from 扌, a hand radical, plus 番 as a sound part. The hand part marks it as something done by hand.

Open 播 →

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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