者 zhě

1. zhě particle used after a verb to indicate a person who does the action
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: When placed after a single verb, the phrase indicates the person who performs the action (GHC '者' 1; Kroll 2015 '者' 1a, p. 597)
2. zhě pronoun that
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Used after a numeral 一、二、三 etc to refer to a preceding object (GHC '者' 1; Guoyu '者' pronoun; Mathews 1931 '者', p. 31; Unihan '者'; XHZD '者' 3, p. 964)
3. zhě particle nominalizing function word
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In Literary Chinese 者 nominalizes a verb phrase, in the pattern 'VP 者', which means the thing or person that does verb phrase VP. 者 may also stand for the nominalization of the verb phrase as a whole, ie 'the doing of VP.' The difference between the two is distinguised by the context (Kroll 2015 '者' 1, p. 597; GHC '者' 1; Pulleyblank 1995, pp. 66-67; XHZD '者' 1, p. 964). For example, 孝弟也者，其為仁之本與 'Filial piety and fraternal submission! - are they not the root of all benevolent actions' (Lunyu 1:2)?
4. zhě particle used to mark a definition
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In Literary Chinese, 者 may be used to mark a definition or as as generalization after a noun or noun phrase, or with numbered lists (GHC '者' 1; Kroll 2015 '者' 3, p. 597; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 74; XHZD '者' 4, p. 964)
5. zhě particle used to mark a pause
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '者' particle 1; XHZD '者' 2, p. 964)
6. zhě particle topic marker; that; it
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In Literary Chinese, 者 may be used after a noun or noun phrase to mark the topic of the sentence (GHC '者' 2; Guoyu '者' particle 2; Kroll 2015 '者' 2, p. 597)
7. zhuó adverb according to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Interchangable with 着, in the sense of局 处于 (GHC '者' 3).
8. zhě phonetic ca
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ca, Japanese: sha; used in transliterations, see also 遮 (BCSD '者', p. 953; FGDB '遮'; Unihan '者')

Contained in

• 智者大师塔院(智者大師塔院) Venerable Master Zhi Yi Pagoda
• 去者则不去(去者則不去) a goer does not go
• 妙月长者所问经(妙月長者所問經) Sutra on the Questions of Elder Sucandra
• 欲者无常(欲者無常) sensuality is inconstant
• 尊者世亲(尊者世親) Vasubandhu
• 长者诣佛说子妇无敬经(長者詣佛說子婦無敬經) An Elder Tells the Buddha that His Daughter-in-Law Does not Respect Him
• 天下圣贤仁者寿 世间凡俗礼为先(天下聖賢仁者壽 世間凡俗禮為先) Among eminent and sagely ones, benevolence outlives all; Out of all worldly formalities, propriety comes first.
• 汤药侍者(湯藥侍者) Medicinal Attendant; Dispenser
• 尊者世友 Vasumitra
• 长者子(長者子) the son of an elder
• 若已有色者 If rūpa exists
• 长者法志妻经(長者法志妻經) Zhangzhe Fa Zhi Qi Jing
• 无见者(無見者) no observer
• 越难长者经(越難長者經) Yuenan Zhangzhe Jing

Also contained in

前不见古人，后不见来者 、 观测者 、 者者谦谦 、 谒者 、 算命者 、 剥削者 、 志愿者 、 趋战者劳 、 贤者为礼 、 掠夺者 、 爱国者 、 吹笛者 、 特约记者 、 逃北者 、 存款者 、 护老者 、 挑战者 、 骄者必败 、 逝者 、 旁观者清 、 提供者 、 记者 、 缔造者 、 击剑者 、 杖者 、 病者 、 招聘者 、 饥者易为食 、 读者 、 倡言者 、 始作俑者 、 航海者 、 两者 、 五者 、 受难者 、 再者 、 犯罪者

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