🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

护理人员

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hùlǐ rényuán

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Caregiver/ˈkɛrˌɡɪvər/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"护理人员为病人提供了很好的照顾。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who provides care for someone, especially a child, elderly person, or someone with a disability.

    "The caregiver attended to the elderly man's needs with great compassion."
  2. 2

    A professional or family member who assists with daily living activities.

    "As a caregiver, she helped her mother with bathing and meal preparation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'caregiver' is derived from the combination of 'care', which comes from the Old English 'carian', meaning to feel concern or interest, and 'giver', from the Old English 'giefan', meaning to provide or bestow. The term has evolved in modern English to refer specifically to individuals who provide care for others, particularly in health and social contexts.

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