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领导者 (lǐng dào zhě) — leader

Definition

noun
leader
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 领导者。
    Zhè wèi lǐng dào zhě fēi cháng zhù zhòng tuán duì hé zuò.
    This leader places great emphasis on teamwork.
  • 领导者。
    Yōu xiù de lǐng dào zhě yào shàn yú tīng qǔ bù tóng yì jiàn.
    An excellent leader should be good at listening to different opinions.
  • 领导者。
    Yí gè gōng sī de chéng gōng lí bù kāi hǎo de lǐng dào zhě.
    A company's success depends on good leaders.

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.

领导lead
领lǐnglead导dǎoguide
联合Coordinate
者zhěperson

领导 means to lead, and 者 refers to the person doing it, together a leader.

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 領; 领 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yè
Sound part声符shēngfú
令
令lìng領lǐng
Same sound today

The traditional form 領 has 令 as a sound part and 頁 as a meaning part; the simplified 领 is a later shorthand.

Open 领 →

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 導; 导 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
寸寸cùnhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
道
道dào導
Same sound today

The traditional form 導 pairs 道 (path) as the sound part with 寸 (hand), giving the sense of leading someone. The simplified 导 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 导 →

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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