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播音员 (bō yīn yuán) — announcer, broadcaster

Definition

noun
announcerbroadcaster
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 播音员。
    Nà wèi bō yīn yuán de shēng yīn hěn hǎo tīng.
    That announcer's voice is very pleasant.
  • 播音员。
    Tā zài diàn shì tái dāng bō yīn yuán.
    She works as a broadcaster at the TV station.
  • 播音员。
    Zhè ge bō yīn yuán bō bào xīn wén fēi cháng zhuān yè.
    This announcer reports the news very professionally.

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.

播音broadcast
播bōbroadcast音yīnsound
动宾Verb + object
员yuánperson

播 (broadcast), 音 (sound), and 员 (person) denote 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.

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 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

音 adds a short stroke that seals the mouth-like part, showing a covered or muffled sound rather than speech.

Open 音 →

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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