针灸师 (zhēn jiǔ shī) — acupuncturist

Definition

noun
acupuncturist
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 针灸师。
    Nà wèi zhēn jiǔ shī jīng yàn fēi cháng fēng fù.
    That acupuncturist has very rich experience.
  • 针灸师。
    Wǒ měi gè xīng qī dōu qù zhēn jiǔ shī nà lǐ zuò zhì liáo.
    I go to the acupuncturist every week for treatment.
  • 针灸师。
    Zhè wèi zhēn jiǔ shī yòng chuán tǒng fāng fǎ bāng zhù le hěn duō bìng rén.
    This acupuncturist helped many patients using traditional methods.

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.

针灸acupuncture and moxibustion
针zhēnneedle灸jiǔmoxibustion
联合Side by side
师shīpractitioner

针灸 names the treatment, and 师 denotes a practitioner.

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 針; 针 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
釒Written in full as金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
十
十shí針zhēn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 針 puts 釒, the metal side, beside 十, which gives the sound; 针 is a simplified shorthand.

Open 针 →

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
火火huǒ
Sound part声符shēngfú
久
久jiǔ灸jiǔ
Same sound today

灸 uses 火 (fire) for the meaning and 久 for the sound. The fire part points to moxibustion, which involves heat.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 師; 师 is its simplified writing.

  • 𠂤𠂤𠂤
  • 帀帀zā

The traditional form 師 combines 𠂤 and 帀; the simplified 师 is not the form explained here.

Open 师 →

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