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预报员 (yù bào yuán) — weather forecaster; forecaster (person who makes predictions, especially for weather)

Definition

noun
weather forecasterforecaster (person who makes predictions, especially for weather)
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 预报员。
    Zhè wèi yù bào yuán yǒu èr shí nián de gōng zuò jīng yàn.
    This forecaster has twenty years of work experience.
  • 预报员。
    yù bào yuán Men zhèng zài fēn xī zuì xīn de qì xiàng shù jù.
    The forecasters are analyzing the latest meteorological data.
  • 预报员，。
    Zuò wéi yì míng yōu xiù de yù bào yuán, tā yù cè dé fēi cháng zhǔn què.
    As an excellent forecaster, he predicts very accurately.

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.

预报forecast
预yùin advance报bàoreport
偏正Modifier + head
员yuánperson

预报 means to report in advance, and 员 points to a person, so it names someone who makes forecasts.

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 預; 预 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yè
Sound part声符shēngfú
予
予yǔ預yù
Same sound today

The traditional form 預 combines 予 for the sound and 頁 for the meaning; the simplified 预 is a later shorthand.

Open 预 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 報; 报 is its simplified writing.

  • 㚔㚔㚔handcuffs
  • 𠬝𠬝𠬝to subdue

The traditional form 報 puts 㚔 (handcuffs) beside 𠬝 (to subdue), showing someone restrained and subdued, as in convicting or punishing a guilty person. The simplified 报 is a later shorthand.

Open 报 →

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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