学者
xuézhě
scholar
Part of speech · noun
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學study
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者person
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Examples
- 这位学者研究历史多年。This scholar has studied history for many years.
- 学者们对此看法不一。Scholars hold differing views on this.
Collocations
著名学者知名学者学者风范青年学者
Mnemonic
学 xué "to study" + 者 zhě "person": a Sino-Korean word "scholar". One who engages in learning (学). The suffix 者 forms "a person who...", as in 记者 (reporter) and 作者 (author). Unlike 家 (an expert/master, 发明家, 科学家), 者 is a more neutral marker of "the person who does it".
Related
科学家专家研究者教授
Quick check
How do the suffixes 者 and 家 differ?