律师 (lǜ shī) — lawyer | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

lawyer

Measure word · 位

律师。
Wǒ qǐng le yí wèi lǜ shī bāng wǒ jiě jué wèn tí.
I hired a lawyer to help me solve the problem.
律师。
Zhè jiā gōng sī de lǜ shī hěn yǒu míng.
The lawyer from this company is very famous.
律师。
Nǐ xū yào zhǎo yí wèi lǜ shī zī xún yí xià.
You need to find a lawyer to consult.

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.

律 is law and 师 is a master or professional, so the word means a professional in law.

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.

彳聿律

Meaning part形符xíngfú

彳彳chì

Sound part声符shēngfú

聿

聿yù律lǜ

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

律 puts 彳 beside 聿: 彳 is the part tied to the meaning, and 聿 is the part tied to the sound.

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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