调解人 (tiáo jiě rén) — mediator, conciliator

Definition

noun

mediatorconciliator

Measure word · 个

调解人。
Zhè wèi tiáo jiě rén zài láo zī shuāng fāng zhī jiān wò xuán.
This mediator negotiated between labor and management.
调解人，。
Zuò wéi tiáo jiě rén, tā bì xū bǎo chí zhōng lì.
As a mediator, he must remain neutral.
调解人。
Shuāng fāng tóng yì qǐng yí wèi tiáo jiě rén lái huà jiě zhēng duān.
Both sides agreed to invite a mediator to resolve the dispute.

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.

调解mediate

联合Side by side

调 (adjust) and 解 (resolve) form mediate, and 人 is a person who does it.

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.

言周調

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

周

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.

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

角刀牛解

解 shows 刀 (knife) separating 角 (horn) from 牛 (cow), giving the picture of cutting up an ox.

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

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.