记者

zhě

Traditional: 记者

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Translation

reporter, journalist

Word origin

A compound of 记 (jì, to record) and 者 (zhě, a person who does something), so literally one who records, a person who reports events.

Origin
compound
Root
记 (jì, to record) + 者 (zhě, -er, agent suffix)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 记

Stroke order for 者

Examples

访fǎng

This reporter interviewed the mayor.

kǒu

Many journalists gathered at the entrance.

She has wanted to be a journalist since childhood.

jiānruì

The reporters asked many sharp questions.

That reporter covered the match.

记者 (jì zhě) means a reporter or journalist, one who gathers and writes the news. The suffix 者 (zhě) turns the verb 记 (to record) into the person who does it.

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This word is part of lesson 31.