Proficient ChineseLesson 1⏱ 11 min
者: The One Who, 前者 and 后者
Turn a verb or adjective into 'the person who does it' with 者 (读者, 消费者, 初学者), read 违者 and 知情者 in notices, and point back to two things with 前者 and 后者 instead of repeating them.
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Verb + 者: the person who does it
者 (zhě) turns a verb, a verb + object or an adjective into a noun for the person who does it or has that quality: 读者 (reader), 作者 (author), 记者 (journalist), 学者 (scholar), 患者 (patient), 消费者 (consumer). It is the written cousin of …的人: 参加比赛的人 becomes 参赛者 (cānsàizhě).
这本书受到了很多读者的欢迎。
Zhè běn shū shòudào le hěn duō dúzhě de huānyíng. -- This book has been popular with a lot of readers.
作为消费者，我们有权知道产品的真实信息。
Zuòwéi xiāofèizhě, wǒmen yǒu quán zhīdào chǎnpǐn de zhēnshí xìnxī. -- As consumers, we have the right to know the truth about a product.
他是一位研究明代历史的学者。
Tā shì yí wèi yánjiū Míngdài lìshǐ de xuézhě. -- He is a scholar of Ming dynasty history.
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