表演者 (biǎo yǎn zhě) — performer; actor

Definition

noun

performeractor

Measure word · 位

表演者。
Zhè wèi biǎo yǎn zhě de yǎn jì fēi cháng chū sè.
This performer's acting is very outstanding.
表演者。
Wǔ tái shàng de biǎo yǎn zhě yíng dé le guān zhòng de zhǎng shēng.
The performers on stage won the audience's applause.
表演者。
Tā shì yí wèi hěn yǒu jīng yàn de biǎo yǎn zhě.
He is a very experienced performer.

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.

表演perform

联合Coordinate

The performance “表演” is turned into the person who performs by adding “者”.

Characters in this word

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

The shape 表 pairs 衣 (garment) with 毛 (hair or feather), originally an outer garment.

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

氵寅演

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐ

Sound part声符shēngfú

寅

寅yín演yǎn

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

演 pairs 氵 (water) with 寅, which gives the sound yín.

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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