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陪审员 (péi shěn yuán) — juror

Definition

noun
juror
Measure word · 名

Examples

  • 陪审员。
    Zhè wèi péi shěn yuán zài fǎ tíng shàng rèn zhēn tīng qǔ le suǒ yǒu zhèng rén de zhèng cí.
    This juror carefully listened to all the witnesses' testimonies in court.
  • 陪审员。
    Fǎ yuàn cóng pǔ tōng gōng mín zhōng suí jī xuǎn chū péi shěn yuán.
    The court randomly selects jurors from ordinary citizens.
  • 陪审员。
    Měi gè péi shěn yuán dōu yǒu zé rèn gēn jù zhèng jù zuò chū gōng zhèng de pàn duàn.
    Every juror has the responsibility to make a fair judgment based on evidence.

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.

陪审sit on a trial
陪péiaccompany审shěntrial
动宾Verb + object
员yuánperson

陪审 'sit on a trial' and 员 'person' name someone who serves on a jury.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阜阜fùsoil mountain
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu陪péi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

陪 pairs 阜, a mound of piled-up soil, with 咅 as a sound part; the mound gives the sense of joining up or staying close, as in accompanying.

Open 陪 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 審; 审 is its simplified writing.

  • 宀宀miánroof
  • 釆釆biànto distinguish
  • 田田tián

The simplified 审 abbreviates the traditional 審, which is built from 宀 (roof) and 釆 (to distinguish); the lower 田 is uncertain.

Open 审 →

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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