受难者 (shòu nàn zhě) — disaster victim, sufferer

Definition

noun

disaster victimsufferer

Measure word · 个

受难者。
Dì zhèn zhōng de shòu nàn zhě dé dào le guó jì yuán zhù.
The disaster victims in the earthquake received international aid.
受难者，。
Zuò wéi zhàn zhēng shòu nàn zhě, tā shī qù le suǒ yǒu jiā rén.
As a war sufferer, she lost all her family members.
受难者。
Zhèng fǔ wèi shòu nàn zhě tí gōng le lín shí zhù suǒ.
The government provided temporary housing for the disaster victims.

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.

受难suffer disaster

动宾Verb + object

受 “suffer” and 难 “disaster” with 者 “one who” form a victim.

Characters in this word

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

受 possibly combines 爪 and 又 as hands with 舟 as a boat, to show handing something over.

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 難; 难 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

隹隹zhuībird

Sound part声符shēngfú

暵

暵hàn難nán

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional 難 pairs 隹, a bird, with 暵 for sound, and meant a type of bird. It was later borrowed for other meanings; the modern 难 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.