者 (ze2 | zhe3) : he who; those who

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者

ze2

zhe3

[1] he who; those who
[2] a particle combining with some words to form adverbials

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 老 (#125)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

者

This word has been viewed 16610 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Aug 2009 00:12

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或者 waak6 ze2 huo4 zhe3 = or; perhaps; maybe; otherwise

作者 zok3 ze2 zuo4 zhe3 = author

記者 gei3 ze2 ji4 zhe3 = reporter

學者 hok6 ze2 xue2 zhe3 = scholar

筆者 bat1 ze2 bi3 zhe3 = the author; the writer

讀者 duk6 ze2 du2 zhe3 = reader (one who reads)

兩者 loeng5 ze2 liang3 zhe3 = both sides

弱者 joek6 ze2 ruo4 zhe3 = the weaker of two parties

愛國者 oi3 gwok3 ze2 ai4 guo2 zhe3 = patriot; nationalist

侍者 si6 ze2 shi4 zhe3 = waiter 國
See all 248 compounds (CantoDict reports 266 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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我哋可以去圖書館或者返屋企。粵
We can go to the library or perhaps go home.

我或者畀現金或者簽咭。粵
Ｍaybe I'll pay by cash, or maybe I'll pay by card.
[Lit. I maybe give cash maybe sign card]

或者呢個係佢褻瀆神明應得嘅報應粵
This probably is the punishment he gets for blaspheming against the deities.

跟住落嚟，受害者… 粵
Carrying on, the victims...

示威者向警察掟石﹐而警察用橡膠子彈回敬。粵
Protesters threw stones at the police, who responded with rubber bullets.
[Cantonese version has the two prepositional phrases placed before the two verbs; English version has the same placed after. ]

旅遊業者不須擔心少了某種噱頭十足的用語而流失生意國
The travel industry should not be unduly worried about businesses badly affected due to the cessation in the use of gimmicky linguistics of their promotions.

死咗之後咪使旨意上天堂或者下地獄粵
Don't think you can go to heaven or hell after you die.
[Std. Chinese: 死後別想上天堂或下地獄]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 者
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