采购员 (cǎi gòu yuán) — purchaser; purchasing agent

Definition

noun
purchaserpurchasing agent
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 采购员。
    Wǒ men gōng sī de cǎi gòu yuán fù zé cǎi gòu yuán cái liào.
    The purchaser at our company is responsible for procuring raw materials.
  • 采购员，。
    Zhè wèi cǎi gòu yuán jīng yàn fēng fù, néng zhǎo dào zuì pián yi de gōng yìng shāng.
    This purchasing agent is very experienced and can find the cheapest suppliers.
  • 采购员，。
    Zuò wéi cǎi gòu yuán, tā měi tiān dōu yào hé hěn duō chǎng jiā lián xì.
    As a purchasing agent, he has to contact many factories every day.

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.

采购purchase
采cǎigather购gòubuy
联合Side by side
员yuánperson

采购 means buying, and 员 points to 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 採; 采 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 采 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (采访, 采购) it is 採; in others it is 采.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
采
采cǎi採cǎi
Same sound today

The traditional form 採 combines 扌 (hand) with 采, which gives the sound and means to pick.

Open 采 →

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 購; 购 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishellfish
Sound part声符shēngfú
冓
冓gòu購gòu
Same sound today

The traditional form 購 pairs 貝, a shellfish, with 冓, which gives the sound; the simplified 购 is a later shorthand.

Open 购 →

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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