建筑师 (jiàn zhú shī) — architect

Definition

noun
architect
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 建筑师。
    Tā shì yì míng yōu xiù de jiàn zhú shī.
    He is an excellent architect.
  • 建筑师。
    Zhè wèi jiàn zhú shī shè jì le hěn duō zhù míng de jiàn zhù.
    This architect designed many famous buildings.
  • 建筑师。
    Tā cóng xiǎo jiù xiǎng dāng jiàn zhú shī.
    She has wanted to be an architect since childhood.

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.

建筑architecture
建jiànbuild筑zhùbuild
联合Side by side
师shīperson

'建筑' gives building, '师' gives person, together naming an architect.

Characters in this word

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

  • 廴廴yǐn
  • 聿聿yù

The shape 建 shows 廴 and 聿, but it comes from an older drawing of a hand planting a pole into a base; the lower part of 聿 is not a brush.

Open 建 →

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 築; 筑 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
筑
筑zhù築zhù
Same sound today

The traditional form 築 pairs 木 (wood) with 筑, which gives the sound; the simplified 筑 is a later shorthand.

Open 筑 →

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.

  • 𠂤𠂤𠂤
  • 帀帀zā

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

Open 师 →
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