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

HSK 4

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 hěnduō huódòng.

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

HSK 6

这项政策有很多支持者。

Zhè xiàng zhèngcè yǒu hěnduō zhīchízhě.

This policy has many supporters.

HSK 7-9

他的支持者们在广场上集会。

Tā de zhīchízhě men zài guǎngchǎng shàng jíhuì.

His supporters gathered in the square.

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