革命者 (gé mìng zhě) — revolutionary (person)

Definition

noun

revolutionary (person)

Measure word · 个

革命者。
Tā zài gé mìng shí qī shì yí wèi yǒng gǎn de gé mìng zhě.
He was a brave revolutionary during the revolution.
革命者。
Xǔ duō gé mìng zhě wèi le lǐ xiǎng xiàn chū le shēng mìng.
Many revolutionaries gave their lives for their ideals.
革命者。
Tā yé ye shì yí wèi lǎo gé mìng zhě.
Her grandfather is an old revolutionary.

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.

革命revolution

革géchange命mìnglife/fate

动宾Verb + object

“革命” refers to revolution, and “者” denotes a person who does it.

Characters in this word

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

革 is drawn as a stretched animal hide, with the upper part as the head and the lower part as the tail and legs.

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

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

令

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

命 combines 口, a mouth, with 令, which gives the sound.

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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