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
- 求职者(求職者) job applicant
- 骄者必败(驕者必敗) pride goes before a fall
- 人非生而知之者,孰能无惑(人非生而知之者,孰能無惑) Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?
- 道者 a court official
- 异见者(異見者) dissident
- 调查者(調查者) investigator
- 勇者不惧(勇者不懼) a brave person with no fear
- 口技表演者 ventriloquist
- 重者 more serious case; in extreme cases
- 无取胜希望者(無取勝希望者) outsider (i.e. not expected to win a race or championship)
- 倾听者(傾聽者) listener
- 说话者(說話者) a speaker
- 裸体主义者(裸體主義者) nudist
- 指导者(指導者) coach; mentor; counselor; instructor; director; guide; conductor
- 记者报道(記者報道) press report
- 译者(譯者) a translator
- 圣者(聖者) a holy one; a saint; worthy one
- 配送者 distributor
- 贡献者(貢獻者) contributor; benefactor
- 征服者 conqueror
- 社会工作者(社會工作者) caseworker; social worker
- 演出者 performer
- 指挥者(指揮者) conductor; director
- 击剑者(擊劍者) a fencer
- 创造者(創造者) creator
- 忍者龟(忍者龜) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- 背叛者 traitor
- 被访者(被訪者) respondent (in a survey, questionnaire, study etc)
- 二者 the two; both ; second; secondly; the second is
- 逃北者 North Korean refugee
- 舞者 a dancer
- 自愿者(自願者) volunteer
- 言者无意,听者有心(言者無意,聽者有心) to take a casual remark to heart
- 逝者 the dead or departed
- 请客侍者(請客侍者) abbot's attendant
- 袭击者(襲擊者) attacker
- 赠与者(贈與者) giver
- 捐血者 blood donor; also called 供血者
- 智者千虑,必有一失(智者千慮,必有一失) a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake; nobody is infallible
- 获得者(獲得者) recipient
- 参赛者(參賽者) competitor
- 劫持者 hijacker; kidnapper
- 享乐主义者(享樂主義者) hedonist
- 读者(讀者) a reader
- 对敌者(對敵者) rival
- 牧羊者 shepherd
- 逃亡者 runaway
- 施虐者 abuser; (in sadomasochism) dominant partner
- 训练者(訓練者) trainer
- 吸血者 blood sucker; a leech; leecher
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