主办者 (zhǔ bàn zhě) — organizer, host, sponsor (of an event, conferen…

Definition

noun

organizerhostsponsor (of an event, conference, competition, etc.)

Measure word · 个

主办者。
Zhè cì guó jì huì yì de zhǔ bàn zhě shì lián hé guó.
The organizer of this international conference is the United Nations.
主办者，。
Zuò wéi huó dòng zhǔ bàn zhě, tā men fù zé chǎng dì hé zī jīn.
As the event organizers, they are responsible for the venue and funding.
主办者。
Bǐ sài zhǔ bàn zhě xuān bù le huò jiǎng míng dān.
The competition host announced the winners.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

主办organize

联合Side by side

主办 combines 主 and 办, meaning to host and handle, and 者 names the person doing it.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The old forms that became 主 showed a lamp or torch with a flame at the top; other forms showed wood on fire or a spirit tablet.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 辦; 办 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

力力lìstrength

Sound part声符shēngfú

辡

辡biàn辦bàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 辦 combines 力 (strength) with 辡, which gives the sound; the simplified 办 is a later shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.