支持者

zhīchízhě

noun #8,914

Measure Word

一个支持者 gè

Meanings

1 supporter; backer; advocate
2 proponent; adherent

Characters

to support; to prop up; branch

to hold; to maintain; to support

person who; -er suffix

Support + maintain + person — one who supports and upholds a cause.

Examples

他的支持者们在广场上集会。

Tā de zhīchízhěmen zài guǎngchǎng shàng jíhuì.

His supporters gathered in the square.

这项政策有很多支持者。

Zhè xiàng zhèngcè yǒu hěn duō zhīchízhě.

This policy has many supporters.

作为环保事业的支持者，她参加了很多活动。

Zuòwéi huánbǎo shìyè de zhīchízhě, tā cānjiā le hěn duō huódòng.

As a supporter of environmental causes, she participated in many events.

Tips

grammar

The 者 suffix turns verbs/verb phrases into 'person who does X': 支持 (to support) → 支持者 (supporter), 消费 → 消费者 (consumer), 工作 → 工作者 (worker). It's more formal than using 人.

Stroke Order

支 zhī

持 chí

者 zhě