购买者 (gòu mǎi zhě) — purchaser; buyer

Definition

noun
purchaserbuyer
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 购买者。
    Zhè ge chǎn pǐn de gòu mǎi zhě hěn duō.
    This product has many purchasers.
  • 购买者。
    gòu mǎi zhě Xū yào xiān zhù cè cái néng xià dān.
    Purchasers need to register first before placing an order.
  • 购买者,。
    Zuò wéi gòu mǎi zhě, nǐ yǒu quán zài qī tiān nèi tuì huò.
    As a purchaser, you have the right to return the product within seven days.

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.

购买buy
联合Side by side
者zhěone who

购买 buy and 者 one who together mean a purchaser.

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 購; 购 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishellfish
Sound part声符shēngfú
冓
冓gòu購gòu
Same sound today

The traditional form 購 pairs 貝, a shellfish, with 冓, which gives the sound; the simplified 购 is a later shorthand.

Open 购 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 買; 买 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 買, 网 is a net and 貝 is a money cowrie.

Open 买 →

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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