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者
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Definitions
- 1. (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
- 2. (after a noun) person involved in ...
- 3. -er
- 4. -ist
- 5. (used after a number or 後|后[hòu] or 前[qián] to refer to sth mentioned previously)
- 6. (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
Example Sentences
1 shown兩 者 選一。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 者
proletariat
hypocrite
prizewinner
saver
Mohist
supporter
advocate
challenger
casualty
Reader's Digest
translator (of writing)
co-worker
Egyptologist
performer
producer (of goods, commodities or farm produce etc)
defender
to refuse nobody (idiom)
musicologist
a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
pedestrian
the latter
subject (in an experiment)
believer
just now
navigator
informer
to take a casual remark to heart (idiom)
butcher
male chauvinist
a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
designer
volunteer
waster
proponent
\land to the tiller\, post-Liberation land reform movement instigated by the CCP
the remaining people
(linguistics) agent; doer
adventurer
both
recipient
victim of an accident
a rioter
creator
competitor
dissident
purchaser
worker; laborer
lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
super spreader (epidemiology)
ruler
migrant
person in power
see 寄件人[jì jiàn rén]
organ donor
intruder
photojournalist
blood sucker
interviewer
proposer
anaesthesiologist
observer
person taking a job
(epidemiology) close contact
favorite (to win a race or championship)
survivor
orator
donor
current political ruler
settler
a believer
senior
glutton
pioneer
economist
Virtue is easily sullied. (idiom)
founder
thieves
eyewitness
a convert
emissary
mediator
arbitrager
see 勝者王侯敗者寇|胜者王侯败者寇[shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu]
(medicine) carrier (of a recessive gene, virus etc)
proprietor
blood donor
giver
survival of the fittest
conqueror
winner
signatory
coach; mentor; counselor; instructor; director; guide; conductor
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
proponent
exploiter (of labor)
organizer
it's the most capable people who do the most work (idiom) (intended as consolation for the overworked, or flattery when making a request etc)
hedonist
dealer
for the benefit of the reader
press report
minor (not an adult)
printer
white water rafter
a meteorologist
cracker (computing)
adversary
casualty
forerunner
trustee
the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
listener
attendant
traitor
successor
attacker
hobbyist
theist (believer in one or more Deities)
executive
racist (person)
recipient
competitor
missionary
submit to me and prosper, or oppose me and perish
Reporters Without Borders (pressure group)
protector
child molester
busybody
producer
dancer
Reporters Without Borders (pressure group)
parasite (human)
intruder
counter
judge
finalist; qualifier; person or item selected as one of the best
those who understand others are clever, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德經|道德经[dào dé jīng]
mouth full of literary phrases
survivor of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
predator
donor; contributor
performer
fellow-traveler
worker
perfectionist
ruler
reader
player
sufferer
lover (of art, sports etc)
participant
originator
polytheist
survivor
democrats
amateur
Confucian
reporter; journalist
runaway
rebel
runner
job applicant
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, video games etc
occupant
the deceased
North Korean refugee
plaintiff
patient; sufferer
pilgrim
investigative reporter
creator
angler
(literary) follower; attendant
victor
bankrupt person
St John the Baptist
housebreaker
pioneer
perpetrator
criminal
rambler
lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobody is infallible
sleeper
an official
steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ])
skeptic
offender
anonymous author
composer
participant
property owner
supplier
conductor
trainer
founder
the latter two
more serious case
illustrator
misanthrope
addict
Dear Sirs
traitor
tell-tale
driving force behind sth
One who does not know is not guilty
socialist
furthermore (idiom)
holy one
atheist
outsider (i.e. not expected to win a race or championship)
victor
religious convert
flatterer
piper
founder
China Consumers' Association (CCA)
watchman
fortune teller
traveler
Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[sūn wù kōng], the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[xī yóu jì]
entrepreneur
person suffering exploitation
fortune-teller
asymptomatic carrier
Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch!
software pirate
terrorist
ventriloquist
patient
consumer protection (law)
inventor
developer
protester
robber
Pathfinder, NASA spacecraft sent to Mars in 1977
creator
correspondent post
respondent (in a survey, questionnaire, study etc)
bearer
sex worker
rover
volunteer
handler (computing)
creator (of a great work)
steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ])
well-known figure
suspect (in criminal investigation)
press conference
record setter
adult
a recipient
surfer
vegetarian
runner
foreign traveler
investigator
ruler
John the Baptist
weaver
a vegan
flatterer
either
person who crashes through a barrier
voter
pedestrian
an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
seer
copyright
contributor
supplier
founder
those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom)
user
translator
less serious case
prospective employer; job advertiser; recruiter
see 忍者神龜|忍者神龟[rěn zhě shén guī]
pride goes before a fall (idiom)
Naruto, manga and anime series
supervisor
a heretic
sb who sacrifices himself
If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[hán yù]).
othering
reformer
reaper
infected person
visitor
people killed in battle
flatterer
policymaker
see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu]
the person involved
explorer
a Zionist
blood donor
blood donor
the author
investigator
distributor
press conference
(idiom) only an outstanding talent can recognize current trends; a wise man submits to circumstances
berserker (fantasy role-playing)
manufacturer
editor's commentary
editor; compiler
demonstrator
don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously
unique
feeder
North Korean refugee
founder
liar
follower
the dead
shepherd
leader
poacher
ruler
smuggled illegal alien
player
(disease) carrier
author; writer
lumpenproletariat (in Marxist theory)
environmentalist
violator
abuser
sage
MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile
worshipper
homosexual
supporter (person)
rival
others
victim (of a wounding or murder)
otherness
dealer
pioneer
killer
educator
fencer (i.e. sportsman involved in fencing)
maker
social worker
pioneer
abductor
violator
service provider
the former
scholar
dictator
foot fetishist
pious believer
prospector
horseman
hitch-hiker
forger
consumer
operator
(political) dissident
investor
person suffering (from a disease or poisoning)
substitute
ninja
The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom.
participant in a survey
deceiver
messenger; transmitter (of information)
observer
successor
defender
both sides
proponent
volunteer
worker in science and technology
fighter
speculator
lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom)
sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship
journalist
Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?
profiteer
(idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved
tourist
an unemployed person
impersonator
special correspondent
subscriber
colonizer
inhabitant
honored sir (a person of higher status or seniority, or a Buddhist monk)
hijacker
Space Shuttle Challenger
dissenter
beginning student
offender
beneficiary
victim
or
non-signatory
attendant
there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom)
aggressors
anonymous author
conspirator
listener
lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion)
software distributor
worker
publisher
nudist
loser
casualty (of an accident)
the dead
(underwater) diver
revelator
carer of elderly persons
moreover
observer
lit. the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom)
journalist
critic
foreign investor
supporter
(linguistics) speaker