成功者 (chéng gōng zhě) — a successful person; someone who has achieved s…

Definition

noun

a successful personsomeone who has achieved success

Measure word · 个

成功者。
Měi gè chéng gōng zhě dōu jīng lì guò shī bài.
Every successful person has experienced failure.
成功者。
Tā shì yí wèi bái shǒu qǐ jiā de chéng gōng zhě.
He is a self-made successful person.
成功者。
chéng gōng zhě Wǎng wǎng jù bèi jiān dìng de yì zhì.
Successful people often possess strong willpower.

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.

成功success

成chéngsucceed功gōngachievement

联合Side by side

“成功” success plus “者” a person gives someone who succeeds.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

丁dīng成chéng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

成 puts 戊, a weapon, beside 丁, which gives the sound. The weapon part relates to protection, as in the old sense of city walls.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

工力功

Meaning part形符xíngfú

力力lìstrength

Sound part声符shēngfú

工

Same sound today

功 puts 力 (strength) beside 工, which gives the sound gōng and means labour or work.

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.