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所有者 (suǒ yǒu zhě) — owner; proprietor; possessor

Definition

noun
ownerproprietorpossessor
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 所有者？
    Gōng sī de suǒ yǒu zhě shì shuí?
    Who is the owner of the company?
  • 所有者。
    Zhè fèn wén jiàn de suǒ yǒu zhě bì xū qiān zì.
    The owner of this document must sign it.
  • 所有者，。
    Tā zuò wéi tǔ dì suǒ yǒu zhě, yǒu quán lì chū zū.
    As the landowner, he has the right to lease it.

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.

所有possess
所suǒplace有yǒuhave
前缀Prefix
者zhěperson

所有 means possess or owned, and 者 refers to a person, giving someone who possesses something.

Characters in this word

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
斤斤jīnaxe
Sound part声符shēngfú
戶
戶hù所suǒ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

所 pairs 斤, an axe, with 戶, which gives the sound hù; the old meaning was the sound of logging.

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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
肉肉ròumeat
Sound part声符shēngfú
又
又yòu有yǒu
Same sound today

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

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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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