马克思主义者 (mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì zhě) — Marxist

Definition

noun
Marxist
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 马克思主义者。
    Tā shì jiān dìng de mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì zhě.
    He is a staunch Marxist.
  • 马克思主义者。
    mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì zhě Rèn wéi shè huì biàn gé shì yǒu guī lǜ de.
    Marxists believe that social change follows regular patterns.
  • 马克思主义者。
    Zhè wèi mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì zhě zhèng zài fēn xī zī běn zhǔ yì de máo dùn.
    This Marxist is analyzing the contradictions of capitalism.

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.

马克思主义Marxism
马mǎ克kè思sī主zhǔ义yì
者zhěperson

The characters 马克思主义 name the doctrine, and 者 denotes a person associated with it.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 馬; 马 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 馬 shows a horse with its head facing left, a flowing mane, and two legs standing vertically.

Open 马 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 克 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
囟
囟xìn思sī
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 思, 心 (heart) points to thinking, while the top part is a changed form of 囟, which supplied the sound.

Open 思 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The old forms that became 主 showed a lamp or torch with a flame at the top; other forms showed wood on fire or a spirit tablet.

Open 主 →

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 義; 义 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
羊羊yáng
Sound part声符shēngfú
我
我wǒ義yì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 義 has 我 giving the sound and 羊 meaning good or auspicious; the simplified 义 is a later abbreviation.

Open 义 →

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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