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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- 犯罪者 criminal; perpetrator
- 步行者 pedestrian
- 看守者 watchman
- 好事者 busybody
- 未签字者(未簽字者) non-signatory
- 提供者 provider; supplier
- 劲者先(勁者先) the stronger men will be in front
- 潜水者(潛水者) a diver
- 异见者(異見者) dissident
- 同道者 fellow-traveler; like-minded person
- 余者(餘者) the remaining people
- 调停者(調停者) mediator; intermediary; go-between
- 墨者 Mohist; follower of Mohist school
- 统治者(統治者) a ruler
- 负担者(負擔者) bearer
- 创作者(創作者) originator; creator; author (of some project); inventor
- 有药瘾者(有藥癮者) addict
- 骚乱者(騷亂者) a rioter
- 拓荒者 pioneer; groundbreaker
- 言者无罪,闻者足戒(言者無罪,聞者足戒) don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning
- 劫持者 hijacker; kidnapper
- 无神论者(無神論者) an atheist
- 观察者(觀察者) an observer
- 作曲者 composer; song writer
- 业余爱好者(業餘愛好者) hobbyist; amateur
- 肇事者 offender; culprit
- 定居者 settler
- 无国界记者(無國界記者) Reporters Without Borders (pressure group)
- 竞争者(競爭者) competitor
- 施洗者约翰(施洗者約翰) John the Baptist
- 口技表演者 ventriloquist
- 浪费者(浪費者) waster; wastrel; squanderer
- 掠夺者(掠奪者) robber; plunderer; predator
- 旅游者(旅遊者) tourist
- 行者 a pedestrian; a walker
- 寄生者 parasite (human)
- 编者(編者) editor; compiler
- 违章者(違章者) violator; lawbreaker
- 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.
- 狂暴者 berserker (fantasy role-playing)
- 奠基者 founder; pioneer
- 作者权(作者權) copyright
- 无产者(無產者) proletariat; non-propertied person
- 享乐主义者(享樂主義者) hedonist
- 防守者 defender
- 批评者(批評者) critic; detractor
- 使者 an emissary; an envoy
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