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).
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- 被爆者 survivor of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 受领者(受領者) a recipient
- 者者谦谦(者者謙謙) to humbly promise and not dare to disobey
- 看守者 watchman
- 太公钓鱼,愿者上钩(太公釣魚,願者上鉤) Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook
- 入侵者 intruder
- 获得者(獲得者) recipient
- 受害者 a casualty; a victim; those injured and wounded
- 作者权(作者權) copyright
- 无神论者(無神論者) an atheist
- 尊者 distinguished person; honored one
- 能者多劳(能者多勞) the most capable people do the most work
- 胠箧者流(胠篋者流) thieves; pilferers
- 摄影记者(攝影記者) photojournalist
- 杖者 an elder
- 跑步者 runner
- 当事者(當事者) person involved
- 生产者(生產者) producer (of goods, commodities or farm produce etc); manufacturer; autotroph
- 反对者(反對者) opponent
- 领导者(領導者) leader
- 消费者(消費者) consumer ; biological consumer
- 防守者 defender
- 示威者 demonstrator; protester
- 来者不拒(來者不拒) to refuse nobody ; all comers welcome
- 便车旅行者(便車旅行者) hitch-hiker
- 死伤者(死傷者) casualty (of an accident); dead and wounded
- 经营者(經營者) manager; operator
- 执政者(執政者) ruler
- 后者(後者) the latter
- 业者(業者) dealer; trader; person engaged in some industry or trade
- 阵亡者(陣亡者) people killed in battle
- 叛逆者 traitor
- 初学者(初學者) beginning student
- 士为知己者死,女为悦己者容(士為知己者死,女為悅己者容) a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
- 步行者 pedestrian
- 脱北者(脫北者) North Korean refugee
- 者番 this time
- 有权势者(有權勢者) person in power; the one with authority; the guy in charge
- 亡者 the deceased
- 善克者不战(善克者不戰) a skillful conqueror does not do battle
- 告密者 tell-tale; informer (especially to police); whistleblower; grass
- 侵入家宅者 housebreaker; burglar
- 开拓者(開拓者) pioneer
- 顷者(頃者) just now; a short while ago
- 举报者(舉報者) informer; snitch
- 消费者保护(消費者保護) consumer protection
- 觇者(覘者) a spy
- 麻醉学者(麻醉學者) anaesthesiologist
- 饑者易为食(饑者易為食) a starving person is not picky about food
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