参加者 (cān jiā zhě) — participant

Definition

noun
participant
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 参加者。
    Měi wèi cān jiā zhě dōu shōu dào le yí fèn jì niàn pǐn.
    Every participant received a souvenir.
  • 参加者。
    Zhè cì huó dòng yǒu sān bǎi duō míng cān jiā zhě bào míng.
    More than 300 participants signed up for this event.
  • 参加者。
    cān jiā zhě Men zhèng zài fēn zǔ tǎo lùn.
    The participants are having group discussions.

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.

参加take part
参cānjoin加jiāadd
联合Side by side
者zhěperson

参加 (take part) and 者 (person) refer to someone who takes part.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 參; 参 is its simplified writing.

For simplified 参, the story belongs to traditional 參, which combines 晶 (stars), 光 (light), and 彡 (rays) to show the Three Stars; one reading takes 光 as a kneeling person looking up.

Open 参 →

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

加 pairs 力 and 口. In one explanation 力 is strength and 口 is the mouth, meaning exaggeration; in another 力 is plowing effort and 口 is breath or exclamation, meaning extra effort.

Open 加 →

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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