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记者 (jì zhě) — reporter, journalist

Definition

记者 is the person who gathers and reports the news; 报道 is the act of reporting (a verb) or the report/article itself (a noun). 报刊 refers to newspapers and magazines as a category, not a person.

noun
reporterjournalist
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 记者。
    Tā shì yì míng yōu xiù de jì zhě.
    He is an excellent reporter.
  • ，记者。
    Jīn tiān zǎo shàng, yí wèi jì zhě cǎi fǎng le wǒ de lǎo shī.
    This morning, a reporter interviewed my teacher.
  • 记者。
    Hěn duō jì zhě dōu zài bào dào zhè ge xīn wén.
    Many reporters are covering this news.

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.

记jìrecord
者zhěone who

记 means record, and 者 points to the person doing it.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 記; 记 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech; words
Sound part声符shēngfú
己
己jǐ記jì
Same sound today

The traditional form 記 pairs 言 (speech; words) with 己 as a sound part; the simplified 记 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

Open 记 →

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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