者 (zhě): (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ..., (after a noun) person involved in ..., -er
者 (zhě) is a Chinese character meaning “(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ....” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 耂 (structural) and 日 (structural). It ranks #103 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
- (after a noun) person involved in ...
- -er
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 者
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 或者conjunction | huò zhě | or | 3 |
| 记者noun | jì zhě | reporter | 4 |
| 作者noun | zuò zhě | author | 4 |
| 患者noun | huàn zhě | patient | 6 |
| 读者noun | dú zhě | reader | 4 |
| 志愿者noun | zhì yuàn zhě | volunteer | 5 |
| 学者noun | xué zhě | scholar | 5 |
| 后者noun | hòu zhě | the latter | 6 |
| 消费者noun | xiāo fèi zhě | consumer | 5 |
| 前者noun | qián zhě | the former (i.e. the one mentioned first) | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 受害者noun | shòu hài zhě | casualty |
| 死者noun | sǐ zhě | the dead |
| 幸存者noun | xìng cún zhě | survivor |
| 失败者noun | shī bài zhě | loser |
| 目击者noun | mù jī zhě | eyewitness |
| 两者pronoun | liǎng zhě | both of them |
| 使者noun | shǐ zhě | emissary |
| 参赛者noun | cān sài zhě | competitor |
| 胜利者noun | shèng lì zhě | victor |
| 爱好者noun | ài hào zhě | lover (of art, sports etc) |
| 领导者noun | lǐng dǎo zhě | leader |
| 旅行者noun | lǚ xíng zhě | traveler |
| 支持者noun | zhī chí zhě | supporter |
| 告密者 | gào mì zhě | tell-tale |
| 行者noun | xíng zhě | pedestrian |
者 appears in 103 compound words: 1 as the first character, 97 as the last, and 2 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 者 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (10)
an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
the initiator of a bad practice; the creator of a bad precedent; the person who started a bad or undesirable event
an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
Showing 8 of 10 idioms containing 者.
Example Sentences
这位记者是一位经验丰富的采访者，采访过很多名人。
Zhè wèi jìzhě shì yī wèi jīngyàn fēngfù de cǎifǎng zhě, cǎifǎng guo hěn duō míngrén.
This reporter is an experienced interviewer who has interviewed many celebrities.
...口”到“厂门口”,首批数百名来沪务工劳动者“..
. . . kǒu dào hǎn mén kǒu , shǒu pī shǔ bǎi míng lái hù wù gōng láo dòng zhě . .
... The first batch of hundreds of migrant workers came to Shanghai to work":
也门安全部队向反政府示威者开火 造成至少12人伤亡
yě mén ān quán bù duì xiàng fǎn zhèng fǔ shì wēi zhě kāi huǒ zào chéng zhì shǎo 1 2 rén shāng wáng
Yemeni security forces opened fire on anti-government demonstrators, killing at least 12 people
致敬坚守者:宝山这些身影温暖了我们的团圆年|在宝山...
zhì jìng jiān shǒu zhě : bǎo shān zhè xiē shēn yǐng wēn nuǎn le wǒ men de tuán yuán nián zài bǎo shān . . .
Salute to the perseverance: These figures of Baoshan warmed our reunion year|In Baoshan...
新春走基层·驻外记者回乡手记丨在中国,感受火箭一飞..
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng zhù wài jì zhě huí xiāng shǒu jì 丨 zài zhōng guó , gǎn shòu huǒ jiàn yī fēi . .
The new year is the first time that a foreign correspondent has returned to his hometown....
暖意融融 走进上海机场建设者小镇
nuǎn yì róng róng zǒu jìn shǎng hǎi jī chǎng jiàn shè zhě xiǎo zhèn
Warmth and Harmony: A Visit to the Shanghai Airport Construction Workers' Village
那位求职者能胜任工作吗？
Nà wèi qiúzhízhě néng shèngrèn gōngzuò ma?
Does the applicant have suitable abilities to carry out the job?
你钱或者信用卡带来没有？
Nǐ qián huòzhě xìnyòngkǎ dàilái méiyǒu?
Did you bring cash or your credit card with you?
谁不喜欢反叛者呢？
Shéi bù xǐhuan fǎnpàn zhě ne?
Who doesn't love a rebel?
这本小说的作者是谁？
Zhè běn xiǎoshuō de zuòzhě shì shéi?
Who's the author of this story?
Character Family
老 Radical Family — Characters sharing the old radical
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