偷猎者 (tōu liè zhě) — poacher (someone who hunts illegally)

Definition

noun

poacher (someone who hunts illegally)

Measure word · 个

偷猎者。
Jǐng chá zhuā zhù le jǐ gè tōu liè zhě.
The police caught several poachers.
偷猎者。
Zhè xiē tōu liè zhě zài bǎo hù qū nèi bǔ shā dòng wù.
These poachers kill animals inside the protected area.
偷猎者。
Zhèng fǔ zhèng zài yán lì dǎ jī tōu liè zhě.
The government is cracking down hard on poachers.

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.

偷猎poach

偷tōusecretly/illicitly猎lièhunt

偏正Modifier + head

者zhěperson who

偷猎 describes illicit hunting, and 者 points to the person doing it; together they mean a poacher.

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.

亻俞偷

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

俞

俞yú偷tōu

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 亻, a standing person, points to the idea of someone doing the act, while the right part 俞 gives the character its sound.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

昔

昔xī猎liè

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 猎, the left part 犬 means dog and the right part 昔 provides 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.