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
- 朝圣者(朝聖者) a pilgram
- 再者 furthermore
- 获胜者(獲勝者) victor
- 耕者有其田 land to the tiller, post-Liberation land reform movement instigated by the CCP
- 满口之乎者也(滿口之乎者也) mouth full of literary phrases; to spout the classics
- 道所存者,乃师所存者(道所存者,乃師所存者) if somebody has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher
- 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.
- 鼓吹者 advocate
- 无产者(無產者) proletariat; non-propertied person
- 献血者(獻血者) blood donor
- 初学者(初學者) beginning student
- 贡献者(貢獻者) contributor; benefactor
- 仁者 compassionate one; benevolent one; a compassionate person
- 更有什者(更有甚者) furthermore
- 素食者 vegetarian
- 捐血者 blood donor; also called 供血者
- 始作俑者 the first person to bury funerary dolls; the originator of an evil practice
- 奠基者 founder; pioneer
- 参加者(參加者) participant
- 勇者不惧(勇者不懼) a brave person with no fear
- 两者(兩者) both sides
- 者番 this time
- 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
- 捐资者(捐資者) a donor
- 失业者(失業者) an unemployed person
- 创始者(創始者) creator; initiator
- 演奏者 performer; musician
- 吹笛者 piper
- 旅行者 traveler
- 知之者胜(知之者勝) one who knows this will be victorious
- 探险者(探險者) an explorer
- 前无古人后无来者(前無古人後無來者) to surpass all others of its kind before and since; to have neither predecessors nor successors
- 其见在者(其見在者) those remaining
- 记者报道(記者報道) press report
- 记者会(記者會) press conference
- 科技工作者 worker in science and technology
- 倾听者(傾聽者) listener
- 超级传播者(超級傳播者) super spreader (epidemiology)
- 航海者 navigator
- 虔信者 pious believer; devotee; fundamentalist
- 王者行仁政 a prince who practices benevolent rule
- 知者不惑 a wise person is free from doubt
- 编者(編者) editor; compiler
- 旁观者(旁觀者) an observer; a spectator
- 获得者(獲得者) recipient
- 跑步者 runner
- 译者(譯者) a translator
- 欺诈者(欺詐者) deceiver
- 漫步者 rambler; a person strolling about
- 信神者 a believer
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