记者席 (jì zhě xí) — press gallery, seats reserved for journalists at events

Definition

noun
press gallery, seats reserved for journalists at events

Examples

  • 记者席，。
    Dà huì wèi méi tǐ zhǔn bèi le jì zhě xí, gòng jì zhě men shǐ yòng.
    The conference prepared a press gallery for journalists to use.
  • 记者席，。
    Zài jì zhě xí lǐ, jì zhě men kě yǐ qīng chǔ dì kàn dào jiǎng tái.
    In the press gallery, journalists can clearly see the podium.
  • 记者席。
    Xīn wén fā bù huì de jì zhě xí zuò mǎn le rén.
    The press gallery at the press conference was packed full.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

记者reporter
记jìrecord者zhěperson
后缀Suffix
席xíseat

记者 means reporter and 席 means seat: seats reserved for reporters.

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 記; 记 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech; words
Sound part声符shēngfú
己
己jǐ記jì
Same sound today

The traditional form 記 pairs 言 (speech; words) with 己 as a sound part; the simplified 记 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

Open 记 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.

Open 者 →

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

席 originally showed a woven mat with an ornament. In 席, the mat became 巾, and a later sound part was written as 庶.

Open 席 →

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