感染者 (gǎn rǎn zhě) — infected person

Definition

noun

infected person

Measure word · 位

感染者。
Suǒ yǒu gǎn rǎn zhě dōu bì xū gé lí guān chá.
All infected persons must be isolated and observed.
感染者。
Yī shēng zhèng zài wèi gǎn rǎn zhě tí gōng miǎn fèi zhì liáo.
Doctors are providing free treatment for the infected persons.
感染者。
Zhè ge chéng shì de gǎn rǎn zhě shù liàng zài jiǎn shǎo.
The number of infected persons in this city is decreasing.

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.

感染catch or infect

联合Coordinate

感染 describes catching or infecting, and 者 points to the person involved.

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.

咸心感

Meaning part形符xíngfú

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

咸

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

感 pairs 咸, which gives the sound, with 心, the heart, for feeling.

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

氵九木染

染 combines 氵 (water), 九 (hook), and 木 (tree): something hung on a hook from a tree into water to dye it.

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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