得分手 (dé fēn shǒu) — scorer (in sports, e.g., basketball, soccer)

Definition

noun
scorer (in sports, e.g., basketball, soccer)
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 得分手
    Tā shì qiú duì zuì hǎo de dé fēn shǒu.
    He is the team's best scorer.
  • 得分手30
    Zhè chǎng bǐ sài zhōng, dé fēn shǒu yí gòng dé le 30 fēn.
    In this game, the scorer got 30 points in total.
  • 得分手
    Jiào liàn xī wàng péi yǎng gèng duō de dé fēn shǒu.
    The coach hopes to train more scorers.

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.

得分score points
getfēnpoints
动宾Verb + object
shǒuperson

得分 means to score points, and 手 finishes it into the person who scores.

Characters in this word

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

The old form 㝵 showed a hand picking up a cowry, meaning to obtain; later changes turned that picture into 得.

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

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

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

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.

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