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特派员 (tè pài yuán) — special delegate, emissary; correspondent (for a news agency or newspaper)

Definition

特派员 is an official sent on a specific mission, either as a government delegate (e.g. to a conference) or as a reporter stationed at a location for a news outlet.

noun
special delegateemissarycorrespondent (for a news agency or newspaper)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 特派员。
    Tā shì zhèng fǔ pài lái de tè pài yuán.
    He is a special delegate sent by the government.
  • 特派员。
    Zhè jiā bào shè yǒu yí wèi zhù huá shèng dùn de tè pài yuán.
    This newspaper has a correspondent stationed in Washington.
  • 特派员。
    Zhè wèi tè pài yuán zuó tiān cān jiā le guó jì huì yì.
    This special delegate attended the international conference yesterday.

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.

特派specially dispatch
特tèspecial派pàidispatch
偏正Modifier + head
员yuánperson

特 (special) and 派 (dispatch) combine with 员 (person) to mean someone sent for a special task.

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
牛牛niúox
Sound part声符shēngfú
寺
寺sì特tè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape combines 牛 (ox) with 寺, which gives the pronunciation; it originally meant a large bull.

Open 特 →

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
水水shuǐwater; river
Sound part声符shēngfú
𠂢
𠂢𠂢派pài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

派 is built from 水 (water/river) and 𠂢. 𠂢 gives the sound, and 水 was added later to tell the character apart from the older form.

Open 派 →

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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