支持者 (zhī chí zhě) — supporter | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

supporter

Measure word · 位

支持者。
Zhè wèi zhèng zhì jiā de zhī chí zhě fēi cháng duō.
This politician has a lot of supporters.
支持者。
Tā de zhī chí zhě lái zì gè háng gè yè.
His supporters come from all walks of life.
，支持者。
Zài zhè cì xuǎn jǔ zhōng, tā huò dé le dà liàng zhī chí zhě de zhī chí.
In this election, he received a lot of support from supporters.

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.

支持support

联合Coordinate

者zhěperson who

支 and 持 both mean support, and 者 points to the person who supports.

Characters in this word

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

又十支

支 pairs 又 (hand) with 十, a shortened form of 竹 (bamboo), to picture a bamboo branch.

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

寺

寺sì持chí

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

持 combines 手 (hand), for the idea of holding, with 寺, which 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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