带菌者 (dài jūn zhě) — carrier (of a pathogen)

Definition

A medical term for a person who carries a pathogen (bacteria or virus) — often without showing symptoms themselves — and can transmit it to others.

noun

carrier (of a pathogen)

Measure word · 个

，带菌者。
Zài zhè ge dì qū, hěn duō dài jūn zhě méi yǒu chū xiàn rèn hé zhèng zhuàng.
In this area, many carriers do not show any symptoms.
带菌者。
Yī shēng jiàn yì duì suǒ yǒu de dài jūn zhě jìn xíng gé lí zhì liáo.
The doctor recommends quarantine and treatment for all carriers.
，带菌者。
Tōng guò jiǎn cè, wǒ men fā xiàn le sān míng dài jūn zhě.
Through testing, we found three carriers.

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.

带菌carry germs

动宾Verb + object

带 means carry, 菌 means germ, and 者 refers to the person who carries them.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 帶; 带 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 帶 was drawn as a woven belt; the simplified 带 is a later shorthand.

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

艹囷菌

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎo

Sound part声符shēngfú

囷

囷qūn菌jūn

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

The top 艹 is a plant sign, and the lower 囷 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.