倡议者 (chàng yì zhě) — initiator (of a proposal)

Definition

noun

initiator (of a proposal)

Measure word · 个

倡议者。
Zhè wèi chàng yì zhě tí chū le yí gè hěn yǒu yì yì de jì huà.
This initiator proposed a very meaningful plan.
倡议者？
Nǐ shì zhè cì huó dòng de chàng yì zhě ma?
Are you the initiator of this event?
倡议者，。
Zuò wéi chàng yì zhě, tā xū yào zuò hěn duō zhǔn bèi gōng zuò.
As the initiator, he needs to do a lot of preparatory work.

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.

倡议propose

倡chàngpropose议yìdiscuss

联合Side by side

倡议 means to put forward a proposal, 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.

亻昌倡

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

昌

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 議; 议 is its simplified writing.

言義議

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

義

義yì議⁰yì

Same sound today

The traditional form 議 pairs 言 (talk) with 義 as a sound component; the simplified 议 is a later shorthand.

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.