麻醉师 (má zuì shī) — anesthesiologist; anaesthetist

Definition

noun

anesthesiologistanaesthetist

Measure word · 位

，麻醉师。
Shǒu shù qián, má zuì shī gěi wǒ men jiě shì le má zuì guò chéng.
Before the surgery, the anesthesiologist explained the anesthesia process to us.
麻醉师。
Zhè wèi má zuì shī jīng yàn fēi cháng fēng fù.
This anesthesiologist has very rich experience.
麻醉师。
Yī yuàn xū yào zhāo pìn yì míng xīn de má zuì shī.
The hospital needs to recruit a new anesthesiologist.

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.

麻醉anesthesia

麻mánumb醉zuìintoxicated

联合Coordinate

师shīspecialist

“麻醉” makes numb and unconscious, and “师” is a specialist, giving an anesthesiologist.

Characters in this word

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

麻 combines 厂 and 𣏟 to represent hemp leaves.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

酉卒醉

Meaning part形符xíngfú

酉酉yǒualcoholic drink

Sound part声符shēngfú

卒

卒zú醉zuì

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

醉 combines 酉, a sign for alcoholic drink, with 卒, which supplies the sound.

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.

𠂤帀師

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

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