记者
jìzhěTraditional: 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
记
者
Examples
访。
This reporter interviewed the mayor.
口。
Many journalists gathered at the entrance.
。
She has wanted to be a journalist since childhood.
尖锐。
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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