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获奖者 (huò jiǎng zhě) — prizewinner; award winner

Definition

noun
prizewinneraward winner
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 获奖者。
    Zhè wèi huò jiǎng zhě shì yí wèi nián qīng de kē xué jiā.
    This prizewinner is a young scientist.
  • 获奖者。
    Měi nián de huò jiǎng zhě dōu huì zài bān jiǎng diǎn lǐ shàng fā yán.
    Every year the award winners give speeches at the ceremony.
  • 获奖者。
    huò jiǎng zhě Míng dān jiāng zài xià zhōu gōng bù.
    The list of winners will be announced next week.

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.

获奖obtain a prize
获huòobtain奖jiǎngprize
动宾Verb + object
者zhěone who

获奖 means to obtain a prize, and 者 points to the person who does it.

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 獲; 获 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犭Written in full as犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
蒦
蒦huò獲huò
Same sound today

The traditional form 獲 combines 犭 (dog) with 蒦, a sound part, to show catching animals with a dog. The simplified 获 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 获 →

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 獎; 奖 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
將
將jiāng獎jiǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 獎 pairs 將 as a sound part with 犬, a dog; the simplified 奖 is a later shorthand. The evidence says the dog part's meaning is unclear, perhaps referring to guiding a dog by voice.

Open 奖 →

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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