肇事者

zhàoshìzhě

noun #29,384

Measure Word

一个肇事者 gè

Meanings

1 perpetrator
2 offender
3 person responsible for an incident

Characters

to initiate; to cause; to start trouble

incident; affair; matter

person; -er (agent suffix)

Examples

警察正在搜寻交通事故的肇事者。

Jǐngchá zhèngzài sōuxún jiāotōng shìgù de zhàoshìzhě.

The police are searching for the person responsible for the traffic accident.

肇事者在逃跑前留下了车牌号码。

Zhàoshìzhě zài táopǎo qián liúxià le chēpái hàomǎ.

The offender left behind the license plate number before fleeing.

Tips

usage

肇事者 is most common in legal, news, and traffic contexts. 肇 means 'to initiate' or 'to cause trouble.' Compare: 肇事逃逸 (hit-and-run) is a common compound. The more general term 罪犯 (criminal) implies a convicted crime, while 肇事者 focuses on who started the incident.

Stroke Order

肇 zhào

事 shì

者 zhě