教练员 (jiào liàn yuán) — coach; instructor; trainer

Definition

noun
coachinstructortrainer
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 教练员，。
    Zhè wèi jiào liàn yuán hěn yǒu jīng yàn, dài chū le hěn duō guàn jūn.
    This coach is very experienced and has trained many champions.
  • 教练员。
    Qiú duì de jiào liàn yuán zhèng zài gěi duì yuán men jiǎng jiě zhàn shù.
    The team's coach is explaining tactics to the players.
  • 教练员。
    Tā xiǎng chéng wéi yì míng zhuān yè de jiào liàn yuán.
    He wants to become a professional coach.

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.

教练coach/train
教jiàoteach练liàntrain
联合Side by side
员yuánperson

The 员 marks a person associated with 教练 'coach/train'.

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
子子zǐchild
攵Written in full as攴pūteaching cane; stick that represents authority
Sound part声符shēngfú
爻
爻yáo教jiào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

教 uses 爻 for its sound and puts 子 (child) with 攵 (攴), a teaching cane, to show teaching a child.

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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 練; 练 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
柬
柬jiǎn練liàn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 練 has 糸, silk, and 柬, which gives the sound. The simplified 练 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not historical.

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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.

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