柜员 (guì yuán) — bank teller | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

bank teller

Measure word · 位

柜员。
guì yuán Zhèng zài wèi kè hù bàn lǐ cún kuǎn yè wù.
The teller is handling a deposit service for the customer.
柜员。
Tā wèn guì yuán néng bù néng duì huàn wài bì.
He asked the teller if he could exchange foreign currency.
柜员。
Yín háng lǐ suǒ yǒu guì yuán dōu jiē shòu le zhuān yè péi xùn.
All the tellers in the bank have received professional training.

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.

It names a person working at a counter, from 柜 'counter' and 员 'person'.

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.

木巨柜

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

巨

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

柜 combines 木 (tree) with 巨, which gives the sound.

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

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.