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叛乱者 (pàn luàn zhě) — rebel, insurgent

Definition

noun
rebelinsurgent
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 叛乱者。
    Zhèng fǔ dài bǔ le yì pī pàn luàn zhě.
    The government arrested a group of rebels.
  • 叛乱者。
    Zhè xiē pàn luàn zhě shì tú tuī fān zhèng quán.
    These rebels tried to overthrow the regime.
  • 叛乱者。
    Lì shǐ shàng yǒu hěn duō pàn luàn zhě bèi chǔ sǐ.
    Throughout history, many rebels were executed.

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.

叛乱rebellion
叛pànrebel乱luàndisorder
联合Coordinate
者zhěperson

叛 and 乱 both involve rebellion, and 者 gives the sense of a person.

Characters in this word

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
反反fǎn
Sound part声符shēngfú
半
半bàn叛pàn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

叛 pairs 反 as its meaning part with 半 as its sound part.

Open 叛 →

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 亂; 乱 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
乚Written in full as乙yǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
𤔔
𤔔𤔔亂luàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 亂 contains 𤔔, a drawing of combing tangled threads, and 乙; the simplified 乱 is only a later shorthand, not the historical shape.

Open 乱 →

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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