| 者 | 176C45 11.41 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄓㄜˇ [zhe3] (oft. [zhe3zhe0] , unaccented). [Gen. pop. 者 without dot] | ||
| N. | A surname. | |||||
| Fin. part. | 告夫二三子者 (AC) am telling a few of you disciples; used in Yuarn drama, indicating actor's movements: 左右放了他者 set him free (said in an order). | |||||
| Pron. | (1) Person(s) who (used like “-er” in “worker,” “reporter”): 記者 reporter; 作者，讀者 writer, reader; 死者 those who are dead, he who is dead; 長者 an elder; (except in regular words like 記者，讀者，長者 above) oft. pr. [zhe0]: 來者 those who come, also bearer of this letter; 來者不拒 all visitors are welcome; 老者少者 the old and the young; 大者，小者 the big and the small; 佳者，劣者 the good and the bad; 近者遠者 those near by and those from afar; 賢者不惑 the wise man has no perplexities; 能者 (or 賢者) 多勞 (complim.) the able ones are always busy; 愚而自用者 those who are ignorant and do not know it. (2) Denoting a portion : 事其大夫之賢者 serve the wise one among the lords; 友士之仁者 befriend the real persons among the scholars. (3) (LL) oft. coupled with 也 in …者, …也 this word … means …: 庠者，養也, the word 庠 (high school) means to cultivate; 校者，教也 this word 校 (school) means to teach. (4) “What is”: 敬啟者 what I want to say is this (regular opening in letter); 再者 “another thing” (regular formula, equiv. “P.S.” in letters); 所要者 what is important is that (preceding a clause). | |||||
| Adj. | (MC in vern. literature) this, these: 者賊無賴 this bastard is devoid of shame; 者箇 this one. | |||||
| Excl. | (MC vern.) 者, 者 “yes, yes!” (also wr.  ). | |||||