合作者 (hé zuò zhě) — collaborator, co-worker; collaborator with the…

Definition

noun

collaboratorco-workercollaborator with the enemy (in wartime contexts)

Measure word · 个

合作者。
Wǒ hé wǒ de hé zuò zhě yì qǐ wán chéng le zhè ge xiàng mù.
My collaborator and I completed this project together.
合作者，。
Tā shì yí wèi yōu xiù de hé zuò zhě, dà jiā dōu hěn xǐ huan hé tā yì qǐ gōng zuò.
She is an excellent collaborator; everyone enjoys working with her.
，合作者。
Zài zhàn zhēng qī jiān, tā bèi zhǐ kòng wèi dí rén de hé zuò zhě.
During the war, he was accused of being a collaborator with the enemy.

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.

合作collaborate

偏正Modifier + head

合 together and 作 work combine with 者 person to mean someone who works together with others.

Characters in this word

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

亼口合

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

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.

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