败者

敗者

bàizhě

noun #31,056

Meanings

1 loser
2 defeated party
3 the vanquished

Characters

to be defeated; lose

-er; the one who

Examples

HSK 3

比赛中没有真正的败者。

Bǐsài zhōng méiyǒu zhēnzhèng de bàizhě.

In the contest there are no real losers.

HSK 7-9

历史是由胜者书写的，不是败者。

Lìshǐ shì yóu shèngzhě shūxiě de, bùshì bàizhě.

History is written by the winners, not the losers.

Tips

grammar

败 ("be defeated") + 者 ("-er, the one who"). The 者 suffix is the classical-derived agent nominaliser, common in formal/literary Chinese: 胜者 (winner), 败者 (loser), 强者 (the strong), 弱者 (the weak). In casual speech, 输家 (shūjiā) is more common for "loser".

Stroke Order

败 bài

者 zhě