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药剂师 (yào jì shī) — pharmacist

Definition

noun
pharmacist
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 药剂师。
    Zhè wèi yào jì shī gěi wǒ tuī jiàn le yì zhǒng yào.
    This pharmacist recommended a medicine to me.
  • 药剂师。
    yào jì shī De gōng zuò shì pèi yào.
    A pharmacist's job is to dispense medicine.
  • 药剂师。
    Wǒ zuó tiān zài yào jì shī nà lǐ mǎi le gǎn mào yào.
    I bought cold medicine at the pharmacist 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.

药剂medicinal preparation
药yàomedicine剂jìpreparation
偏正Modifier + head
师shīspecialist

药 names medicine and 剂 a preparation, while 师 marks a specialist, so the result is a specialist in medicinal preparations.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 藥; 药 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss
Sound part声符shēngfú
樂
樂lè藥yào
Same sound today

In the traditional form 藥, 艹 shows grass and 樂 gives the sound; this story is about 藥, not about the simplified 药.

Open 药 →

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 劑; 剂 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刂Written in full as刀dāo
Sound part声符shēngfú
齊
齊qí劑jì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 劑, 齊 gives the sound and 刂 (刀, a knife) shows the meaning. The simplified 剂 is a later shorthand.

Open 剂 →

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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