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优胜者 (yōu shèng zhě) — winner, champion

Definition

noun
winnerchampion
Measure word · 名

Examples

  • 优胜者。
    Tā zài bǐ sài zuì hòu chéng le yōu shèng zhě.
    He became the winner at the end of the competition.
  • 优胜者。
    Suǒ yǒu yōu shèng zhě dōu huò dé le jiǎng pái.
    All the winners received medals.
  • 优胜者。
    Zhè cì mǎ lā sōng de yōu shèng zhě shì yì míng nián qīng xuǎn shǒu.
    The champion of this marathon is a young runner.

Origin

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.

优胜victorious
优yōuexcellent胜shèngwin
联合Coordinate
者zhěperson

优 and 胜 mean excellent and victorious, while 者 refers to a person.

Characters in this word

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 優; 优 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
憂
憂yōu優yōu
Same sound today

The traditional form 優 combines 亻 (人, person) with 憂 for the sound; the simplified 优 is a later abbreviation.

Open 优 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
肉肉ròumeat
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng胜shèng
Same sound today

The simplified 胜 changes the traditional 勝 by replacing part of its sound side with 生; the left 肉 relates to meat.

Open 胜 →

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.

Open 者 →
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