低收入者 (dī shōu rù zhě) — low-income person; low earner

Definition

noun
low-income personlow earner
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 低收入者。
    Zhèng fǔ yīng gāi bāng zhù dī shōu rù zhě gǎi shàn shēng huó.
    The government should help low-income people improve their lives.
  • 低收入者，。
    dī shōu rù zhě De shōu rù hěn dī, hěn nán zài chéng shì shēng huó.
    Low-income people have very low incomes and find it hard to live in the city.
  • 低收入者。
    Zhè xiàng zhèng cè wèi dī shōu rù zhě tí gōng le gèng duō gōng zuò jī huì.
    This policy provides more job opportunities for low-income people.

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.

低收入low income
低dīlow收shōureceive入rùbring in
偏正Modifier + head
者zhěperson

A person associated with 低收入: 者 denotes one, 低 indicates small, and 收入 refers to income.

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
亻Written in full as人rénman, person
Sound part声符shēngfú
氐
氐dī低dī
Same sound today

In 低, the left side 亻 is a person, and the right side 氐 gives the sound; the image is a person lowering or bowing themselves.

Open 低 →

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
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū收shōu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

收 uses 攴 to show an action and 丩 as a sound clue; the old meaning was 'to arrest.'

Open 收 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

Open 入 →

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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