受益者 (shòu yì zhě) — beneficiary

Definition

noun
beneficiary
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 受益者。
    Tā shì zhè fèn bǎo xiǎn hé tong de shòu yì zhě.
    He is the beneficiary of this insurance contract.
  • 受益者。
    Zhè xiàng zhèng cè de shòu yì zhě zhǔ yào shì nóng cūn jū mín.
    The beneficiaries of this policy are mainly rural residents.
  • 受益者。
    Juān zèng zhě jiāng zī jīn zhí jiē zhuǎn gěi shòu yì zhě.
    The donor transferred the funds directly to the beneficiary.

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.

受益receive benefit
受shòureceive益yìbenefit
动宾Verb + object
者zhěperson

“受” means receive, “益” means benefit, and “者” means person, so it names someone who receives benefit.

Characters in this word

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

受 possibly combines 爪 and 又 as hands with 舟 as a boat, to show handing something over.

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

益 puts 水 (water) above 皿 (a vessel), originally showing water overflowing the vessel.

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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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