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研究员 (yán jiū yuán) — research fellow; researcher

Definition

noun
research fellowresearcher
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 研究员，。
    Tā zài dà xué lǐ dāng yán jiū yuán, zhǔ yào yán jiū rén gōng zhì néng.
    He works as a research fellow at the university, mainly studying artificial intelligence.
  • 研究员。
    Zhè wèi yán jiū yuán duì qì hòu biàn huà zuò chū le zhòng yào gòng xiàn.
    This researcher has made important contributions to climate change.
  • 研究员。
    yán jiū yuán Men zhèng zài shí yàn shì lǐ fēn xī shù jù.
    The researchers are analyzing data in the lab.

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.

研究research
研yánresearch究jiūinvestigate
联合Coordinate
员yuánperson

研究 'research' plus 员 forms a word for a person engaged in research.

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
石石shí
Sound part声符shēngfú
幵
幵jiān研yán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 研, the left part 石 is a stone-related component, and the right part 幵 gives the sound.

Open 研 →

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
穴穴xuécave
Sound part声符shēngfú
九
九jiǔ究jiū
Same sound today

究 pairs 穴, a cave, with 九, which gives the sound.

Open 究 →

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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