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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

长者

zhǎngzhě

an elder; a senior

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

an elder; a senior

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 长者 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 长者 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

假期期间,中心的志工提供「送餐到府」服务,为行动不便的长者和无家可归者提供餐食。jià qī qī jiān, zhōng xīn de zhì gōng tí gōng 「sòng cān dào fǔ」 fú wù, wèi xíng dòng bù biàn de zhǎng zhě hé wú jiā kě guī zhě tí gōng cān shí。

During the holiday season, the center's volunteers serve up meals-on-wheels, feeding homebound seniors and the homeless.

要礼貌、给长者让座,否则失去免费通票的权利。yào lǐ mào、 gěi zhǎng zhě ràng zuò, fǒu zé shī qù miǎn fèi tōng piào de quán lì。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 长者.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 长者.

Directly before

  • 给长者1
  • 的长者1

Directly after

  • 长者让座1
  • 长者和1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 长者

What does 长者 mean in Chinese?

长者 (zhǎngzhě) means an elder; a senior.

How do you pronounce 长者?

长者 is pronounced zhǎngzhě.

Is 长者 an HSK word?

长者 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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