Chinese word dictionary

志愿者

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Practice word

Word information

Simplified志愿者

Traditional志願者

Pinyinzhìyuànzhě

Part of speech名

HSK 3.05

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

志zhì

determination, will; mark, sign; to record, to write

愿yuàn

desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing

者zhě

that which; they who; those who

How to learn 志愿者

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

或者huòzhě

or; possibly; maybe; perhaps

愿意yuànyì

to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)

读者dúzhě

reader

记者jìzhě

reporter; journalist; CL:個|个[ge4]

杂志zázhì

magazine; CL:本[ben3],份[fen4],期[qi1]

者zhě

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] 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