幸存者 (xìng cún zhě) — survivor | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

survivor

Measure word · 个

，幸存者。
Dì zhèn hòu, hěn duō xìng cún zhě bèi jiù le chū lái.
After the earthquake, many survivors were rescued.
幸存者。
Tā shì zhè cì kōng nàn wéi yī de xìng cún zhě.
He is the sole survivor of this air disaster.
幸存者。
Zhè xiē xìng cún zhě jiǎng shù le tā men de jīng lì.
These survivors told their stories.

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.

幸存survive

偏正Modifier + head

幸存 refers to surviving; 者 gives the person who survives.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

才

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

存 pairs 子 with 才, which was used for 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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