初学者 (chū xué zhě) — beginner | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

beginner

Measure word · 个

初学者。
Zhè běn jiào cái duì chū xué zhě lái shuō hěn hé shì.
This textbook is very suitable for beginners.
初学者。
chū xué zhě Yīng gāi cóng jī chǔ yǔ fǎ kāi shǐ xué.
Beginners should start learning from basic grammar.
初学者。
Wǒ men bān shàng yǒu jǐ gè chū xué zhě.
There are a few beginners in our class.

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.

初学begin learning

偏正Modifier + head

初 first and 学 learn combine with 者 person to mean someone beginning to learn.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

衤刀初

初 combines 衤 (clothes) and 刀 (knife), showing the start of making clothes by cutting cloth.

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 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a 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.

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