制造者 (zhì zào zhě) — manufacturer | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

manufacturer

Measure word · 个

制造者。
Zhè jiā gōng sī shì zhǔ yào de diàn zǐ shè bèi zhì zào zhě.
This company is the main manufacturer of electronic equipment.
制造者。
Zhè ge pǐn pái de yī fu shì yóu yì jiā zhōng guó zhì zào zhě shēng chǎn de.
This brand's clothes are produced by a Chinese manufacturer.
制造者。
Nà jiā qì chē zhì zào zhě qù nián tuī chū le xīn xíng hào.
That car manufacturer launched a new model last year.

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.

制造make

联合Coordinate

制造 make and 者 one who together refer to a manufacturer.

Characters in this word

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

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

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

辵辵chuòto walk

Sound part声符shēngfú

屮

屮chè造zào

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

Its origin is unclear, but early forms of 造 include 辵 (to walk) and 口, with 屮 as a sound part, and mean go or arrive.

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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