入境者 (rù jìng zhě) — entrant; person entering a country

Definition

noun

entrantperson entering a country

Measure word · 位

入境者。
Suǒ yǒu rù jìng zhě dōu bì xū tián xiě jiàn kāng shēn bào biǎo.
All incoming travelers must fill in a health declaration form.
入境者。
Zhèng fǔ duì rù jìng zhě shí shī le xīn de jiǎn yì cuò shī.
The government has implemented new quarantine measures for entrants.
入境者。
Zhè ge guó jiā de rù jìng zhě shù liàng měi nián dōu zài zēng jiā.
The number of people entering this country increases every year.

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.

入境enter a country

动宾Verb + object

入境 describes entering a country, and 者 points to a person: an entrant.

Characters in this word

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'.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

土竟境

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

竟

Same sound today

境 pairs 土 (earth) with 竟, which gives the sound; the 土 part carries the meaning.

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.