者

HSK 4#499 by frequencyradical 耂

zhě["k","r","y","n","g","u"]

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 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

Examples

能者多劳。

It's only the most capable who do the work.

自助者天助。

God helps those who help themselves.

Part of the HSK 4 word list.

Learn 者 the way it sticks: in sentences built from words you already know, scheduled so you review right before you'd forget.

Start your free week

Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.