管理员 (guǎn lǐ yuán) — administrator, manager, superintendent | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

administratormanagersuperintendent

Measure word · 个

Examples

管理员。
Tā shì wǒ men gōng sī de wǎng luò guǎn lǐ yuán.
He is the network administrator of our company.
管理员。
Dà lóu de guǎn lǐ yuán měi tiān zǎo shàng kāi mén.
The building administrator opens the door every morning.
管理员。
Qǐng zhǎo guǎn lǐ yuán bàn lǐ rù zhù shǒu xù.
Please find the administrator to handle the check-in procedure.

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.

管理manage

管guǎnmanage理lǐmanage

联合Coordinate

管理 means to manage, and 员 gives the sense of a person doing that work.

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.

竹官管

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

官

官guān管guǎn

Same sound today

管 has 竹 (bamboo) on top to show it relates to bamboo, and 官 gives its sound.

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

玉玉yùjade

Sound part声符shēngfú

里

里lǐ理lǐ

Same sound today

理 pairs 玉 (jade) with 里, which shows how to say it; the jade part points to the old sense of polishing jade.

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.

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