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

Zhè chǎng bǐsài de jiěshuōyuán fēicháng zhuānyè.
The commentator for this match is very professional.
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