者 zhě specialist

源How it came to be

Not an old man and not a sun. The oldest form is cane over a fire, or beans in a pot, nobody is sure, and the modern shape is what that cooked down to.

用How it is used

• Suffix turning a verb/role into "the one who": 作者 (zuòzhě) author, 记者 (jìzhě) reporter, 读者 (dúzhě) reader, 消费者 (xiāofèizhě) consumer. Written register.
• 或者 (huòzhě) = "or" in statements - distinct from 还是 (háishi), which is "or" in questions. 咖啡或者茶 (kāfēi huòzhě chá) coffee or tea.
• 前者/后者 (qiánzhě/hòuzhě) = the former/the latter, a formal-writing pairing.

字Characters built with 者

• 都 all
• 著 to show
• 堵 wall
• 暑 hot
• 煮 to boil
• 猪 pig
• 绪 mental state
• 奢 exaggerated
• 屠 to butcher
• 睹 to look at
• 赌 to bet

词Words with 者

• 或者huòzhěorHSK 3
• 记者jìzhěreporterHSK 4
• 作者zuòzhěauthorHSK 4
• 读者dúzhěreaderHSK 4
• 学者xuézhěscholarHSK 5
• 志愿者zhìyuànzhěvolunteerHSK 5
• 消费者xiāofèizhěconsumerHSK 5
• 前者qiánzhěthe former (i.e. the one mentioned first)HSK 6
• 后者hòuzhěthe latterHSK 6
• 患者huànzhěpatientHSK 6
• 使者shǐzhěemissaryHSK 7

句Example sentences

• 他是新闻记者。 Tā shì xīnwén jìzhě.He's a news reporter.
• 他是这本书的作者。 Tā shì zhè běn shū de zuòzhě.He's the author of this book.
• 我喝果汁或者咖啡。 Wǒ hē guǒzhī huòzhě kāfēi.I drink juice or coffee.