申请者 (shēn qǐng zhě) — applicant

Definition

noun
applicant
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 申请者。
    Zhè cì zhāo pìn shōu dào le hěn duō shēn qǐng zhě de jiǎn lì.
    This recruitment received resumes from many applicants.
  • 申请者。
    Miàn shì guān zhèng zài zhú yī píng gū měi wèi shēn qǐng zhě.
    The interviewer is evaluating each applicant one by one.
  • 申请者。
    Suǒ yǒu shēn qǐng zhě dōu jiāng zài yì zhōu nèi shōu dào tōng zhī.
    All applicants will receive notification within a week.

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.

申请apply
申shēnplead请qǐngrequest
联合Coordinate
者zhěperson

申请 means to apply, and 者 gives the person who does so.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape comes from a picture of a bolt of lightning. It was the original character for lightning and spirit.

Open 申 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 請; 请 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánsay
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng請qǐng
Same sound today

In the traditional form 請, 言 shows it relates to speaking, and 青 gives the sound; the simplified 请 is a later shorter form.

Open 请 →

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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