解说员

解說員
jiěshuōyuán
noun #32,429

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 commentator
  2. 2 narrator (of a documentary or sports broadcast)
  3. 3 tour guide / explainer

Examples

HSK 3
Zhè chǎng bǐsài de jiěshuōyuán fēicháng zhuānyè.
The commentator for this match is very professional.
HSK 7-9
Bówùguǎn de jiěshuōyuán dài wǒmen cānguān le zhǎnpǐn.
The museum guide showed us around the exhibits.

Tips

usage
Covers two related roles: (1) sports/event commentator (体育解说员, 比赛解说员), and (2) documentary narrator or museum/tour guide. For a strictly journalistic 'commentator/columnist' use 评论员 (pínglùnyuán).
grammar
(yuán) is the 'staff member / personnel' suffix - same in 服务员 ('waiter'), 演员 ('actor'), 教员 ('teacher'), 售货员 ('shop assistant'). Productive for naming roles.

Stroke Order

jiě
shuō
yuán