泥水匠 (ní shuǐ jiàng) — mason (bricklayer, plasterer, or tiler)
Definition
A tradesperson who works with wet mortar — building brick walls, plastering, or laying tiles. The term covers bricklaying, plastering, and tiling as one trade, rather than separate specialists.
noun
mason (bricklayer, plasterer, or tiler)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 泥水匠，。Zhè wèi ní shuǐ jiàng shǒu yì hěn hǎo, qì de qiáng fēi cháng píng zhěng.This mason is very skilled; the wall he built is very flat.
- 泥水匠，。Tā cóng xiǎo gēn zhe fù qīn xué zuò ní shuǐ jiàng, yǐ jīng yǒu èr shí duō nián le.He has been learning masonry from his father since childhood, for over twenty years.
- 泥水匠。Cūn lǐ qǐng le sān gè ní shuǐ jiàng lái fān xiū lǎo fáng zi.The village hired three masons to renovate the old house.
Origin
Compound word构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head
The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.
Mud and water describe the materials worked by a craftsman in 泥水匠.
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