骑手 (qí shǒu) — rider (on horseback); delivery rider / courier…

Definition

Literally 'riding person': a rider, used for horseback riders and (more commonly today) food-delivery couriers on bikes or scooters.

noun

rider (on horseback)delivery rider / courier (on a bike or scooter)

Measure word · 位

骑手。
Zhè wèi qí shǒu zài bǐ sài zhōng huò dé le dì yī míng.
This rider won first place in the competition.
骑手。
Wài mài qí shǒu měi tiān yào sòng jǐ shí dān.
Food delivery riders have to deliver dozens of orders every day.
骑手。
Yí wèi qí shǒu zhèng zài mào yǔ sòng cān.
A delivery rider is delivering food in the rain.

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.

骑 gives the sense of riding, and 手 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 騎; 骑 is its simplified writing.

馬奇騎

Meaning part形符xíngfú

馬馬mǎhorse

Sound part声符shēngfú

奇

Same sound today

The traditional form 騎 combines 馬, meaning horse, with 奇, which supplies the sound, for riding a horse; the simplified 骑 is a later shorthand.

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

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.

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