旅行者 (lǚ xíng zhě) — traveler; tourist

Definition

noun
travelertourist
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 旅行者
    lǚ xíng zhě Xǐ huan qù bù tóng de dì fāng tǐ yàn wén huà.
    Travelers like to go to different places to experience culture.
  • 旅行者
    Měi gè lǚ xíng zhě dōu yīng gāi shì xiān zuò hǎo xíng chéng jì huà.
    Every traveler should plan their itinerary in advance.
  • 旅行者
    Zhè wèi lǚ xíng zhě yǐ jīng zǒu le èr shí duō gè guó jiā.
    This traveler has already visited more than twenty countries.

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.

旅行travel
联合Coordinate
zhěperson

旅行 means travel, and 者 means person, so the meaning is someone who travels.

Characters in this word

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

旅 combines 㫃, a flag, and 从, two people, to show troops or a brigade.

Open 旅 →

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

  • chì
  • chù

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.

Open 行 →

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.

Open 者 →

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