特派员

特派員

tèpàiyuán

noun #21,742

Measure Word

一名特派员 míng

Meanings

1 special correspondent
2 special envoy
3 commissioner

Characters

special, particular

to dispatch, to send, faction

person, member, personnel

Examples

她是本报驻北京的特派员。

Tā shì běn bào zhù Běijīng de tèpàiyuán.

She is this newspaper's special correspondent based in Beijing.

政府派遣特派员前往谈判。

Zhèngfǔ pàiqiǎn tèpàiyuán qiánwǎng tánpàn.

The government dispatched a special envoy to negotiate.

Tips

memory

特 (special) + 派 (to dispatch/send) + 员 (person/member) = a specially dispatched person. 特派员 covers both journalists (special correspondent) and diplomats (special envoy).

Stroke Order

特 tè

派 pài

员 yuán