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创始人

chuàng shǐ rén · chuang shi ren

Traditional 創始人

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. creator; founder; initiator
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The first customer

  1. Dengdeng

    你看(nǐkàn)，墙上(qiángshàng)有(yǒu)创始人(chuàngshǐrén)的(de)故事(gùshi)。

    Look, the wall has the founder's story.

  2. Liangliang

    讲(jiǎng)什么(shénme)？

    What does it say?

  3. Dengdeng

    创始人(chuàngshǐrén)刚(gāng)开店(kāidiàn)的时候(deshíhou)，一天(yītiān)只有(zhǐyǒu)一个(yīgè)客人(kèrén)。

    When the founder first opened, there was only one customer a day.

  4. Liangliang

    那个(nàge)客人(kèrén)是(shì)谁(shéi)？

    Who was that customer?

  5. Dengdeng

    是(shì)创始人(chuàngshǐrén)的(de)妈妈(māma)。

    It was the founder's mum.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

世(shì)界(jiè)语(yǔ)的(de)创(chuàng)始(shǐ)人(rén)柴(chái)门(mén)霍(huò)夫(fū)是(shì)一(yí)个(gè)眼(yǎn)科(kē)医(yī)生(shēng)。

Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto, was an ophthalmologist.

Tatoeba: Chinese by gonnastop · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

约(yuē)翰(hàn)·道(dào)尔(ěr)顿(dùn)是(shì)原(yuán)子(zǐ)学(xué)说(shuō)的(de)创(chuàng)始(shǐ)人(rén)

John Dalton was the creator of the atomic theory.

Tatoeba: Chinese by ryanwoo · English by garborg · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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