灯光师 (dēng guāng shī) — lighting technician, lighting director (in film, theater, or events)

Definition

noun
lighting technicianlighting director (in film, theater, or events)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 灯光师,。
    Zhè wèi dēng guāng shī jīng yàn fēng fù, fù zé zhěng gè wǔ tái de dēng guāng xiào guǒ.
    This lighting technician is very experienced and is responsible for the lighting effects of the entire stage.
  • 灯光师,。
    dēng guāng shī Zài diàn yǐng pāi shè zhōng fēi cháng zhòng yào, tā néng kòng zhì huà miàn de qì fen.
    The lighting director is very important in film shooting; he can control the atmosphere of the scene.
  • 灯光师。
    Wǒ men qǐng le yí wèi zhuān yè de dēng guāng shī lái bù zhì hūn lǐ xiàn chǎng de dēng guāng.
    We hired a professional lighting technician to set up the lighting at the wedding venue.

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.

灯光lighting
偏正Modifier + head
师shīspecialist

灯光 refers to lighting and 师 points to a person skilled in it, yielding a lighting technician.

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
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng灯dēng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

灯 pairs 火, which shows fire, with 丁, which gives the sound.

Open 灯 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 火火huǒfire
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

The shape 光 places 火 (fire) above 卩 (a kneeling person), showing fire over the head and the shining of light.

Open 光 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 師; 师 is its simplified writing.

  • 𠂤𠂤𠂤
  • 帀帀zā

The traditional form 師 combines 𠂤 and 帀; the simplified 师 is not the form explained here.

Open 师 →

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