参观者 (cān guān zhě) — visitor; spectator; sightseer

Definition

noun
visitorspectatorsightseer
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 参观者。
    Bó wù guǎn de cān guān zhě luò yì bù jué.
    Visitors to the museum came in an endless stream.
  • 参观者。
    Zhǎn lǎn huì xī yǐn le dà pī cān guān zhě.
    The exhibition attracted a large number of visitors.
  • ,参观者。
    Gǔ chéng qiáng xià, cān guān zhě fēn fēn pāi zhào liú niàn.
    Under the ancient city wall, visitors were taking photos to commemorate the occasion.

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.

参观visit
参cāninspect观guānlook
联合Side by side
者zhěperson

参观 means visit and look around, while 者 points to a person doing it.

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 →

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 觀; 观 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
見見jiànsee
Sound part声符shēngfú
雚
雚guàn觀guān
Same sound today

The traditional form 觀 uses 見 (see) for meaning and 雚 for sound.

Open 观 →

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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