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参与者 (cān yù zhě) — participant

Definition

noun
participant
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 参与者。
    Suǒ yǒu cān yù zhě dōu qiān shǔ le tóng yì shū.
    All participants signed the consent form.
  • 参与者。
    Zhè cì diào chá de cān yù zhě lái zì bù tóng háng yè.
    The participants in this survey come from different industries.
  • 参与者。
    cān yù zhě Kě yǐ suí shí tuì chū shí yàn.
    Participants may withdraw from the experiment at any time.

Origin

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.

参与participate
参cāntake part与yǔjoin
联合Coordinate
者zhěperson

参与 means to take part, and 者 points to the person doing it, so 参与者 is a participant.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 參; 参 is its simplified writing.

For simplified 参, the story belongs to traditional 參, which combines 晶 (stars), 光 (light), and 彡 (rays) to show the Three Stars; one reading takes 光 as a kneeling person looking up.

Open 参 →

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 與; 与 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 與 is built from 舁 and 牙, and both parts give the sound.

Open 与 →

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.

Open 者 →
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