制作者 (zhì zuò zhě) — maker; producer; creator

Definition

noun

makerproducercreator

Measure word · 个

制作者。
Zhè wèi diàn yǐng zhì zuò zhě de zuò pǐn huò dé le guó jì dà jiǎng.
This filmmaker's work won an international award.
制作者。
Měi gè zhì zuò zhě dōu yīng gāi duì zì jǐ de chǎn pǐn fù zé.
Every maker should be responsible for their own products.
制作者。
Zhè xiē shǒu gōng yì zhì zuò zhě de jì yì fēi cháng jīng zhàn.
The skills of these handicraft makers are very exquisite.

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.

制作make

联合Side by side

制作 means make, and 者 points to the person doing it, giving maker.

Characters in this word

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

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

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

亻乍作

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

乍

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

The left side 亻 comes from 人, meaning 'person', and the right side 乍 gives 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.