无产者 (wú chǎn zhě) — (noun) proletarian

Definition

Literally 'those without property', the Marxist term for wage-laboring class — those who own no means of production and must sell their labor. Always appears in the contrast with 资产阶级 (bourgeoisie).

noun
proletarian
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • ，无产者。
    Zài jiù shè huì, wú chǎn zhě méi yǒu zì jǐ de shēng chǎn zī liào.
    In the old society, proletarians did not own their own means of production.
  • 无产者。
    Zhè běn shū fēn xī le wú chǎn zhě de lì shǐ dì wèi.
    This book analyzes the historical status of the proletariat.
  • 无产者。
    wú chǎn zhě Hé zī chǎn jiē jí zhī jiān de máo dùn shì zhǔ yào de.
    The contradiction between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie is the main one.

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.

无产without property
无wúwithout产chǎnproperty
动宾Verb + object
者zhěperson

无产 means without property, and 者 carries the sense of a person, so it names someone without property.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 無; 无 is its simplified writing.

For the simplified 无, the story is about 無. 無 drew a person dancing with ox tails held in both hands to pray for rain, then was borrowed for 'have no', so the picture does not explain that meaning.

Open 无 →

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 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
生生shēngto be born
Sound part声符shēngfú
彥
彥yàn產chǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

Open 产 →

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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