理论家

理論家
lǐlùnjiā
noun #32,395

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 theorist
  2. 2 theoretician

Examples

HSK 4
Tā shì yī wèi zhùmíng de zhèngzhì lǐlùnjiā.
He is a famous political theorist.
HSK 7-9
Lǐlùnjiā hé shíjiànzhě de shìjiǎo wǎngwǎng bùtóng.
Theorists and practitioners often have different perspectives.

Tips

grammar
here is the agent suffix for 'expert / professional' - same suffix in 科学家 ('scientist'), 艺术家 ('artist'), 作家 ('writer'), 音乐家 ('musician'). It originally meant 'house/family'; here it metaphorically means 'someone whose house is X-discipline'.
register
Slightly formal - written rather than colloquial. Sometimes used with a faintly pejorative edge, like English 'armchair theorist', when contrasted with 实干家 ('doer / pragmatist').

Stroke Order

lùn
jiā