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检查员 (jiǎn chá yuán) — inspector, examiner (a person whose job is to inspect or examine something)

Definition

noun
inspectorexaminer (a person whose job is to inspect or examine something)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 检查员。
    Zhè wèi jiǎn chá yuán zhèng zài jiǎn chá gōng chǎng de ān quán shè bèi.
    This inspector is checking the factory's safety equipment.
  • 检查员。
    Hǎi guān jiǎn chá yuán zǐ xì kàn le wǒ de hù zhào.
    The customs inspector carefully looked at my passport.
  • 检查员。
    Gōng sī gù le yì míng jiǎn chá yuán lái jiān dū chǎn pǐn zhì liàng.
    The company hired an inspector to oversee product quality.

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.

检查inspect
检jiǎninspect查cháexamine
联合Coordinate
员yuánperson

“检查” means to inspect, and “员” means a person who does that work.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 檢; 检 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
僉
僉qiān檢jiǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 檢 pairs 木 (wood) with 僉 as a sound part; it may originally have pictured a blade on top of a wooden spear. The simplified 检 is a later shorthand.

Open 检 →

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
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě查chá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

查 pairs 木 (wood) with 且, which shows the sound. It originally meant a hawthorn tree or a wooden raft.

Open 查 →

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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