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情报员 (qíng bào yuán) — secret agent; intelligence agent

Definition

noun
secret agentintelligence agent
Measure word · 名

Examples

  • 情报员，。
    Tā shì yì míng qíng bào yuán, fù zé shōu jí zhòng yào qíng bào.
    He is a secret agent responsible for collecting important intelligence.
  • 情报员。
    Zhè bù diàn yǐng jiǎng shù le yí wèi qíng bào yuán de gù shi.
    This movie tells the story of a secret agent.
  • 情报员。
    Nà wèi qíng bào yuán chéng gōng wán chéng le rèn wu.
    That secret agent successfully completed the mission.

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.

情报intelligence
情qínginformation报bàoreport
联合Coordinate
员yuánperson

情报 “intelligence” joined with 员 “person” denotes one who handles intelligence.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng情qíng
Same sound today

情 shows 心 (heart) beside 青, which gives the sound. The heart part points to feelings and inner states.

Open 情 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 報; 报 is its simplified writing.

  • 㚔㚔㚔handcuffs
  • 𠬝𠬝𠬝to subdue

The traditional form 報 puts 㚔 (handcuffs) beside 𠬝 (to subdue), showing someone restrained and subdued, as in convicting or punishing a guilty person. The simplified 报 is a later shorthand.

Open 报 →

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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