者 zhě
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zhě
particle
used after a verb to indicate a person who does the action
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: When placed after a single verb, the phrase indicates the person who performs the action (GHC '者' 1; Kroll 2015 '者' 1a, p. 597) -
zhě
pronoun
that
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Used after a numeral 一、二、三 etc to refer to a preceding object (GHC '者' 1; Guoyu '者' pronoun; Mathews 1931 '者', p. 31; Unihan '者'; XHZD '者' 3, p. 964) -
zhě
particle
nominalizing function word
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In Literary Chinese 者 nominalizes a verb phrase, in the pattern 'VP 者', which means the thing or person that does verb phrase VP. 者 may also stand for the nominalization of the verb phrase as a whole, ie 'the doing of VP.' The difference between the two is distinguised by the context (Kroll 2015 '者' 1, p. 597; GHC '者' 1; Pulleyblank 1995, pp. 66-67; XHZD '者' 1, p. 964). For example, 孝弟也者,其為仁之本與 'Filial piety and fraternal submission! - are they not the root of all benevolent actions' (Lunyu 1:2)? -
zhě
particle
used to mark a definition
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In Literary Chinese, 者 may be used to mark a definition or as as generalization after a noun or noun phrase, or with numbered lists (GHC '者' 1; Kroll 2015 '者' 3, p. 597; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 74; XHZD '者' 4, p. 964) -
zhě
particle
used to mark a pause
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '者' particle 1; XHZD '者' 2, p. 964) -
zhě
particle
topic marker; that; it
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In Literary Chinese, 者 may be used after a noun or noun phrase to mark the topic of the sentence (GHC '者' 2; Guoyu '者' particle 2; Kroll 2015 '者' 2, p. 597) -
zhuó
adverb
according to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Interchangable with 着, in the sense of局 处于 (GHC '者' 3).
Contained in
- 获益者(獲益者) beneficiary
- 者者 to agree
- 持不同政见者(持不同政見者) (political) dissident
- 朝圣者(朝聖者) a pilgram
- 皎皎者易污 Virtue is easily sullied.
- 勤劳者(勤勞者) worker
- 征服者 conqueror
- 订购者(訂購者) subscriber
- 制作者(製作者) producer; maker; creator
- 记者站(記者站) correspondent post; correspondent station
- 教育工作者 educator
- 卖肉者(賣肉者) butcher
- 护老者(護老者) carer of elderly persons; aged care worker
- 首创者(首創者) creator; originator; first proponent
- 崇拜者 worshipper
- 社会主义者(社會主義者) socialist
- 无功者退(無功者退) to demote those with no merit
- 接受者 recipient; person receiving sth
- 出席者 participant
- 独裁者(獨裁者) dictator; autocrat
- 生产者(生產者) producer (of goods, commodities or farm produce etc); manufacturer; autotroph
- 奉承者 flatterer
- 旁观者(旁觀者) an observer; a spectator
- 记者报道(記者報道) press report
- 经营者(經營者) manager; operator
- 劳动者(勞動者) a worker; a laborer
- 操作者 operator
- 智者 a sage; a wise man
- 贡献者(貢獻者) contributor; benefactor
- 反对者(反對者) opponent
- 素食者 vegetarian
- 请客侍者(請客侍者) abbot's attendant
- 者番 this time
- 消费者(消費者) consumer ; biological consumer
- 应聘者(應聘者) person taking a job; job applicant
- 仁者见仁,智者见智(仁者見仁,智者見智) The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom.; Different views are admissible.
- 有志者事竟成 a really determined person will find a solution; where there's a will, there's a way
- 长者(長者) the elderly ; an elder ; a dignitary; a distinguished person; a senior
- 逃北者 North Korean refugee
- 制造者(製造者) maker
- 捐血者 blood donor; also called 供血者
- 自愿者(自願者) volunteer
- 骑马者(騎馬者) horseman; rider; mounted soldier
- 无取胜希望者(無取勝希望者) outsider (i.e. not expected to win a race or championship)
- 服务提供者(服務提供者) service provider
- 出版者 publisher
- 携带者(攜帶者) carrier (of a recessive gene, virus etc)
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