读者 dúzhě reader
How to remember 读者: 读 read + 者 specialist = reader.
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How it is used
- Noun for a reader - someone who reads a particular book, article, or publication.
- 本书的读者 (běn shū de dúzhě) - this book's readers; 读者来信 (dúzhě láixìn) - letters from readers.
- Used mainly in written/media contexts discussing an audience, not for describing a single person casually reading right now.
- Plural is marked with 们: 读者们 (dúzhě men) when addressing an audience collectively.