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学者 (xué zhě) — scholar

Definition

学者 refers to a person who does academic or scholarly research. 文人 (HSK7) emphasizes the traditional literary/artistic scholar, while 学术 is the field of scholarship itself, not a person.

noun
scholar
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 学者。
    Zhè wèi xué zhě de yán jiū chéng guǒ hěn yǒu jià zhí.
    This scholar's research findings are very valuable.
  • 学者。
    Hěn duō wài guó xué zhě lái zhōng guó xué xí lì shǐ.
    Many foreign scholars come to China to study history.
  • 。
    Tā shì yí wèi zhù míng de lì shǐ xué zhě.
    He is a famous historian.

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.

学xuéstudy
者zhěperson who

学 (study) + 者 (person who) forms a person devoted to study.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

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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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HSK 3.0 Level 5Professions & Jobs

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