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4.

How to Use 者

Noun suffix for people

Used after verbs or nouns to indicate a person who performs an action or holds a role.

作者 • zuò zhě • author • HSK 4

HSK 4

5.

HSK Vocabulary: 者

或者 • huò zhě • perhaps

HSK 3

huò或

zhě者

6.

Example Sentences

Èr二

zhě者

quē缺

yī一

bù不

kě可

Information

Pinyinzhě

Meaningone who, that which, person, thing

Strokes8

Radical耂

Traditional者

StructureTop-Bottom

Frequency#585

Zhuyinㄓㄜˇ

UnicodeU+8005

CangjieJKA

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zuò作

zhě者

author

记者 • jì zhě • journalist • HSK 4

HSK 4

jì记

zhě者

journalist

志愿者 • zhì yuàn zhě • volunteer • HSK 5

HSK 5

zhì志

yuàn愿

zhě者

volunteer

Indicating the former or the latter

Used with demonstrative adjectives to refer to the previously mentioned item.

前者 • qián zhě • the former • HSK 3.0 · L6

HSK 3.0 · L6

qián前

zhě者

the former

后者 • hòu zhě • the latter • HSK 3.0 · L6

HSK 3.0 · L6

hòu后

zhě者

the latter

perhaps

读者 • dú zhě • reader

HSK 3.0 · L4

dú读

zhě者

reader

学者 • xué zhě • scholar

HSK 3.0 · L5

xué学

zhě者

scholar

消费者 • xiāo fèi zhě • consumer

HSK 3.0 · L5

xiāo消

fèi费

zhě者

consumer

患者 • huàn zhě • patient; sufferer

HSK 6

huàn患

zhě者

patient; sufferer

使者 • shǐ zhě • Messenger

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

shǐ使

zhě者

Messenger

。

Neither of the two can be missing.

chéng成

gōng功

zhě者

wǎng往

wǎng往

dōu都

hěn很

nǔ努

lì力

。

Successful people are often very hardworking.

jiù救

yuán援

rén人

yuán员

zhèng正

zài在

zhào照

gù顾

duō多

míng名

shāng伤

zhě者

。

Rescuers are taking care of multiple injured people.

dú读

zhě者

duì对

zhè这

běn本

xiǎo小

shuō说

píng评

jià价

hěn很

gāo高

。

Readers rate this novel very highly

zhè这

běn本

shū书

de的

zuò作

zhě者

hěn很

yǒu有

míng名

。

The author of this book is very famous

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考kǎoto examine, test, or investigate
老lǎoold; aged

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