Meaning
-ist; -er (person); person (who does sth)
Chinese: ……的人或事物。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “zhe” becomes a different word in each tone. 者 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 或者huò zhěor; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 记者jì zhěreporter; journalist
- 作者zuò zhěauthor; writer
- 读者dú zhěreader
- 志愿者zhì yuàn zhěvolunteer
Example Sentence
学习者要多听多说。Xué xí zhě yào duō tīng duō shuō.Learners should listen and speak more.
学习Xué xíto learn者zhě(after a noun) person invo要yàoto want多duōmany听tīngto listen to多duōmany说shuōto speak。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A suffix meaning ‘the one who / that which’: it turns a verb or phrase into a noun — 学者 (scholar = one who studies), 作者 (author), 记者 (reporter), 前者 (the former).
A way to remember it
‘-er / the one who’: 读者 (reader), 强者 (the strong).