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演讲者 (yǎn jiǎng zhě) — speaker, lecturer (person who gives a speech or talk)

Definition

noun
speakerlecturer (person who gives a speech or talk)
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 演讲者。
    Zhè wèi yǎn jiǎng zhě de yǎn jiǎng fēi cháng jīng cǎi.
    This speaker's talk was very brilliant.
  • 演讲者。
    Tīng zhòng xiàng yǎn jiǎng zhě tí le yí gè wèn tí.
    The audience asked the speaker a question.
  • 演讲者。
    yǎn jiǎng zhě Zài tái shàng jiǎng le liǎng gè xiǎo shí.
    The speaker talked on stage for two hours.

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.

演讲speech
演yǎndeliver/perform讲jiǎngspeak
联合Coordinate
者zhěperson who

演讲 is the act of speaking publicly, and 者 points to the person who does it, giving 'speaker'.

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
寅
寅yín演yǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

演 pairs 氵 (water) with 寅, which gives the sound yín.

Open 演 →

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 講; 讲 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánsay
Sound part声符shēngfú
冓
冓gòu講jiǎng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 講 puts 言, say, beside 冓, which gave it its sound; the simplified 讲 is a later abbreviation.

Open 讲 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.

Open 者 →
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