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者

Mandarin · pinyin zhě

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
(after a noun) person involved in ...
-er
-ist
(used after a number or 後 hòu or 前 qián to refer to sth mentioned previously)
(used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
(old) (used at the end of a command)
(old) this

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者: zhě · that which; he who; those who

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3 · zhe3

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ze2

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(Classical) Used at the end of a command.
(Classical) Topicalizer used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term.
(literary or regional) this
(agentive suffix) -er; -ist; one who ...; person involved in; the things which ...
Used after a number, "before" 前 (qián), or "after" 後／后 (hòu) to refer to something mentioned previously.
a surname, Zhe

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