倡导者 (chàng dǎo zhě) — advocate, promoter, pioneer

Definition

noun
advocatepromoterpioneer
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 倡导者。
    Tā shì huán jìng bǎo hù de chàng dǎo zhě.
    He is an advocate for environmental protection.
  • 倡导者。
    Xǔ duō jiào yù gǎi gé chàng dǎo zhě cān jiā le huì yì.
    Many advocates of educational reform attended the conference.
  • 倡导者。
    Tā shì nǚ quán yùn dòng de jī jí chàng dǎo zhě.
    She is an active advocate of the women's rights movement.

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.

倡导advocate
倡chànginitiate导dǎoguide
联合Side by side
者zhěperson

The idea of 倡导 as advocate joined with 者 as person gives an advocate.

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rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
昌
昌chāng倡chàng
Same sound today

The left 亻 shows it relates to a person, and the right 昌 gives the sound chāng.

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 導; 导 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
寸寸cùnhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
道
道dào導
Same sound today

The traditional form 導 pairs 道 (path) as the sound part with 寸 (hand), giving the sense of leading someone. The simplified 导 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 导 →

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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