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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- 何者 why ; who; which
- 爱国者(愛國者) patriot ; MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile
- 占领者(佔領者) occupant
- 示威者 demonstrator; protester
- 知者不失人 a wise person does not err in regard to men
- 同情者 supporter; sympathizer (especially of political cause); fellow traveler
- 冒险者(冒險者) an adventurer
- 提供者 provider; supplier
- 肇事者 offender; culprit
- 朝拜者 a pilgrim
- 纯素食者(純素食者) a vegan; person following a vegan diet
- 口技表演者 ventriloquist
- 画插图者(畫插圖者) illustrator
- 崇拜者 worshipper
- 配送者 distributor
- 有神论者(有神論者) theist
- 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
- 侵入家宅者 housebreaker; burglar
- 相命者 fortune teller
- 死难者(死難者) victim of an accident; casualty; martyr for one's country
- 继承者(繼承者) successor
- 行凶者(行兇者) perpetrator
- 成年者 adult
- 他者性 otherness
- 言者无意,听者有心(言者無意,聽者有心) to take a casual remark to heart
- 操作者 operator
- 签字者(簽字者) signatory
- 来者不善,善者不来(來者不善,善者不來) He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come .; Be careful not to trust foreigners.
- 生产者(生產者) producer (of goods, commodities or farm produce etc); manufacturer; autotroph
- 流氓无产者(流氓無產者) lumpenproletariat (in Marxist theory)
- 贤者师(賢者師) leader of the virtuous
- 茲启者(茲啟者) to begin with
- 使用者中介 user agent
- 获奖者(穫獎者) prize-winner; laureate
- 支持者 supporter
- 施虐者 abuser; (in sadomasochism) dominant partner
- 来者不拒(來者不拒) to refuse nobody ; all comers welcome
- 受托者(受託者) trustee
- 适者生存(適者生存) survival of the fittest
- 订购者(訂購者) subscriber
- 自愿者(自願者) volunteer
- 他者 others; (sociology, philosophy) the Other
- 贤者为礼(賢者為禮) a worthy person who performs proper ceremonies
- 无取胜希望者(無取勝希望者) outsider (i.e. not expected to win a race or championship)
- 卖肉者(賣肉者) butcher
- 皈依者 a convert
- 侵入者 intruder; invader
- 前不见古人,后不见来者(前不見古人,後不見來者) unique; unprecedented
- 尤有什者(尤有甚者) too excessive
- 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
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- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 210
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