论者 (lùn zhě) — critic; commentator; person who holds a dissent…

Definition

noun

criticcommentatorperson who holds a dissenting view

Measure word · 位

论者。
Zhè wèi lùn zhě rèn wéi xiàn xíng zhèng cè xū yào dà fú gǎi gé.
This critic believes the current policy needs major reform.
论者。
Duō wèi lùn zhě zài lùn tán shàng fā biǎo le duì jīng jì xíng shì de kàn fǎ.
Several commentators expressed their views on the economic situation at the forum.
论者。
Nà piān wén zhāng jī qǐ le bù shǎo lùn zhě de jī liè tǎo lùn.
That article sparked heated discussion among many critics.

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.

论 means to discuss or argue, and 者 points to a person, so it means one who comments.

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 論; 论 is its simplified writing.

言侖論

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

侖

侖lún論lùn

Same sound today

The traditional form 論 pairs 言 (“say”) with 侖 as a sound component; the simplified 论 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

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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