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社会主义者 (shè huì zhǔ yì zhě) — (noun) socialist (a person who advocates or supports socialism)

Definition

Noun for a person who advocates or supports socialism. The -者 suffix marks the agent ("one who…"), so 社会主义者 is built as 社会主义 (socialism) + 者 (-ist).

noun
socialist (a person who advocates or supports socialism)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 社会主义者，。
    Tā shì yí wèi jiān dìng de shè huì zhǔ yì zhě, yì shēng dōu zài wèi lǐ xiǎng fèn dòu.
    He is a firm socialist who struggled for his ideals his whole life.
  • 社会主义者。
    Zhè wèi shè huì zhǔ yì zhě zài èr shí shì jì chū qī jī jí tuī dòng shè huì gǎi gé.
    This socialist actively promoted social reform in the early twentieth century.
  • 社会主义者，。
    Xǔ duō shè huì zhǔ yì zhě rèn wéi, shí xiàn gòng tóng fù yù shì zuì zhōng mù biāo.
    Many socialists believe that achieving common prosperity is the ultimate goal.

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.

社会主义socialism
社shèsociety会huìassociation主zhǔmaster义yìprinciple
者zhěperson

社会 and 主义 give the doctrine, and 者 points to a person who supports it.

Characters in this word

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

社 joins 示 (god; deity) and 土 (soil), so its shape is about the god of the land.

Open 社 →

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 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

Open 会 →

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

The old forms that became 主 showed a lamp or torch with a flame at the top; other forms showed wood on fire or a spirit tablet.

Open 主 →

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 義; 义 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
羊羊yáng
Sound part声符shēngfú
我
我wǒ義yì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 義 has 我 giving the sound and 羊 meaning good or auspicious; the simplified 义 is a later abbreviation.

Open 义 →

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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