试飞员 (shì fēi yuán) — test pilot

Definition

noun
test pilot
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 试飞员。
    Zhè wèi shì fēi yuán yǒu èr shí nián de fēi xíng jīng yàn.
    This test pilot has twenty years of flying experience.
  • 试飞员，。
    shì fēi yuán De gōng zuò fēi cháng wēi xiǎn, dàn yě hěn zhòng yào.
    A test pilot's job is very dangerous, but also very important.
  • 试飞员。
    Gōng sī zhèng zài zhāo pìn xīn de shì fēi yuán.
    The company is recruiting new test pilots.

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.

试飞test flight
试shìtest飞fēifly
偏正Modifier + head
员yuánperson

试飞 is a test flight, and 员 is a person, so it names someone who performs test flights.

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 試; 试 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
式
式shì試shì
Same sound today

The traditional form 試 puts 言 beside 式, and 式 gives the sound; the simplified 试 is the form of this character.

Open 试 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 飛; 飞 is its simplified writing.

For 飞, the traditional form 飛 pictures a bird flying upwards.

Open 飞 →

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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