输者 (shū zhě) — loser; the losing party

Definition

noun

loserthe losing party

，输者。
Bǐ sài jié shù hòu, shū zhě dī zhe tóu lí kāi le qiú chǎng.
After the game ended, the loser left the field with his head down.
，输者。
Zài zhè chǎng biàn lùn zhōng, shū zhě méi néng shuō fú guān zhòng.
In this debate, the loser failed to convince the audience.
输者，。
shū zhě Jiē shòu le shī bài de xiàn shí, bìng kāi shǐ fǎn sī.
The loser accepted the reality of defeat and began to reflect.

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.

输 means lose, and 者 means one who, giving the sense of a loser.

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 輸; 输 is its simplified writing.

車俞輸

Meaning part形符xíngfú

車車jū

Sound part声符shēngfú

俞

俞yú輸shū

Same sound today

The traditional form 輸 pairs 車 (vehicle) with 俞 for sound; 車 shows the meaning.

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.