示威者 (si6 wai1 ze2 | shi4 wei1 zhe3) : demonstrator, protester

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示威者

si6 wai1 ze2

shi4 wei1 zhe3

demonstrator, protester

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 355,000

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

示威者

This word has been viewed 3046 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 5th Sep 2005 00:20 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

示 si6 - show; indicate; make known
威 wai1 - impressive strength; awesome power
者 ze2 - he who; those who

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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. ]

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