流浪者 (liú làng zhě) — vagrant; tramp; drifter (someone who wanders wi…

Definition

noun

vagranttrampdrifter (someone who wanders with no fixed home)

Measure word · 个

流浪者。
Nà ge liú làng zhě zài jiē shàng zǒu lái zǒu qù.
That vagrant is pacing back and forth on the street.
流浪者。
Hěn duō liú làng zhě zài dōng tiān de shí hou huì qù shōu róng suǒ zhù.
Many tramps go to shelters during winter.
流浪者。
Zhè běn xiǎo shuō jiǎng shù le yí gè liú làng zhě de gù shi.
This novel tells the story of a drifter.

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.

流浪drift about

联合Coordinate

流浪 means drifting without a home, and 者 points to a person who does this.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

㐬

㐬㐬流liú

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

流 has 水, water, and 㐬, which gives the sound. The water part matches meanings such as flow.

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

良

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

浪 pairs 水 (water) with 良, which supplies the sound. The water part points to its meaning of waves.

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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