设计者 (shè jì zhě) — designer | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

designer

Measure word · 位

设计者。
Zhè wèi shè jì zhě shì fǎ guó rén.
This designer is French.
设计者。
shè jì zhě Yīng gāi kǎo lǜ yòng hù de xū qiú.
Designers should consider users' needs.
设计者。
Tā shì yì míng fú zhuāng shè jì zhě.
She is a fashion designer.

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.

设计design

联合Coordinate

设计 (to plan) plus 者 (one who) names the person who designs.

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 設; 设 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

埶

埶yì設shè

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 設 uses 言 (speech) to show the meaning and 埶 to give the sound; this explanation is for 設, not the simplified 设.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 計; 计 is its simplified writing.

言十計

The traditional form 計 pairs 言 (say) with 十 (all). The simplified 计 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical shape.

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.

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