预言家

預言家

yùyánjiā

noun #14,556

Meanings

1 prophet; seer; soothsayer

Characters

in advance; beforehand

to speak; words

expert; specialist (-ist suffix)

Examples

古代的预言家说这里会发生大事。

Gǔdài de yùyánjiā shuō zhèlǐ huì fāshēng dàshì.

The ancient prophet said something big would happen here.

没有人是真正的预言家。

Méiyǒu rén shì zhēnzhèng de yùyánjiā.

No one is a true prophet.

Tips

culture

In the Chinese Harry Potter translations, the newspaper 'The Daily Prophet' is called 预言家日报 (Yùyánjiā Rìbào). The Divination professor is a 预言家, and the concept maps well onto Chinese fortune-telling traditions.

Stroke Order

预 yù

言 yán

家 jiā