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
- 主宰者 ruler
- 自愿者(自願者) volunteer
- 求职者(求職者) job applicant
- 朝圣者(朝聖者) a pilgram
- 杖者 an elder
- 更有什者(更有甚者) furthermore
- 制图者(製圖者) cartographer
- 纯素食者(純素食者) a vegan / person following a vegan diet
- 第三者 sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party
- 追随者(追隨者) a follower / an adherent
- 骚乱者(騷亂者) a rioter
- 完美主义者(完美主義者) perfectionist
- 近朱者赤,近墨者黑 those who handle cinnabar are stained red / those who work with ink are stained black
- 浪费者(浪費者) waster / wastrel / squanderer
- 记者报道(記者報道) press report
- 消费者保护(消費者保護) consumer protection
- 画插图者(畫插圖者) illustrator
- 航海者 navigator
- 挑战者(挑戰者) challenger
- 向者 in the past / formerly
- 竞赛者(競賽者) player
- 犯罪者 criminal / perpetrator
- 道者 a court official ; a devotee / a practioner / a follower / a monk
- 前不见古人,后不见来者(前不見古人,後不見來者) unique / unprecedented
- 记者招待会(記者招待會) press conference
- 创始者(創始者) creator / initiator
- 领导者(領導者) leader
- 饥者易为食(飢者易為食) a starving person is not picky about food
- 好事者 busybody
- 科技工作者 worker in science and technology
- 失败者(失敗者) loser
- 素食者 vegetarian
- 购买者(購買者) purchaser
- 冒名顶替者(冒名頂替者) impersonator / impostor
- 死伤者(死傷者) casualty (of an accident) / dead and wounded
- 偷渡者 smuggled illegal alien / stowaway
- 说话者(說話者) a speaker
- 患者 someone who is ill
- 叛逆者 traitor
- 制造者(製造者) maker
- 冒险者(冒險者) an adventurer
- 侵略者 aggressors / invaders
- 决策者(決策者) policy maker
Also contained in
尊者世友 、 郁伽长者 、 有佛性者 、 修道者 、 探路者 、 声闻乘者 、 大悲者 、 劝授长者会
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