保持者 (bǎo chí zhě) — record holder | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

record holder

Measure word · 位

保持者。
Tā shì zhè ge xiàng mù de shì jiè bǎo chí zhě.
He is the world record holder in this event.
保持者。
Zhè jiā gōng sī céng shì háng yè nèi de cháng qī bǎo chí zhě.
This company was once the long-term record holder in the industry.
保持者。
Tā tōng guò nǔ lì xùn liàn chéng wéi le xīn de bǎo chí zhě.
She became the new record holder through hard training.

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.

保持keep

联合Coordinate

“保持” means to keep or maintain, and “者” points to the one who keeps, here a holder of a record.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

保 originally showed a person 人 carrying a child 子 on their back, which led to the sense of protecting.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

寺

寺sì持chí

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

持 combines 手 (hand), for the idea of holding, with 寺, which gives the sound.

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.

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