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调度员 (diào dù yuán) — dispatcher, controller

Definition

noun
dispatchercontroller
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 调度员。
    Tā shì yì míng yōu xiù de diào dù yuán.
    He is an excellent dispatcher.
  • 调度员。
    Nà wèi diào dù yuán zhèng zài ān pái míng tiān de rèn wu.
    That dispatcher is arranging tomorrow's tasks.
  • 调度员。
    Gōng sī xū yào zhāo pìn yí wèi xīn de diào dù yuán.
    The company needs to recruit a new dispatcher.

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.

调度dispatch
调tiáoadjust度dùmeasure
联合Coordinate
员yuánperson

“调度” means to dispatch or manage, and “员” points to a person doing that work, so the sense is a dispatcher.

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 調; 调 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
周
周zhōu調tiáo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 調 pairs 言 (speech) with 周, which shows how it was pronounced. The simplified 调 is a later shorthand.

Open 调 →

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
又又yòuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
石
石shí度dù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

度 has 又 (hand) and a changed form of 石; 石 gives a related sound, and the hand is tied to using the hand as a reference for measurement.

Open 度 →

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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