The Chinese word **按摩师** (ànmóshī), meaning "massage therapist," is a compound noun formed through a straightforward and logical morphological process: it combines the verb **按摩** (ànmó), meaning "to massage" or "massage," with the agentive suffix **师** (shī), which denotes a skilled professional or master of a craft. Thus, the structure is **[action/technique] + [professional]**, directly creating a term for a practitioner specialized in that specific skill, analogous to formations like 教师 (teacher) or 厨师 (chef).