Chinese symbol for “investigator”
研究者
yán jiū zhě
investigator; researcher
The closest CC-CEDICT match for investigator is 研究者 (yán jiū zhě), defined as: investigator; researcher.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “investigator”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 调查员 (調查員) | diào chá yuán | investigator |
| 调查者 (調查者) | diào chá zhě | investigator |
| 探员 (探員) | tàn yuán | detective; investigator |
| 调查人员 (調查人員) | diào chá rén yuán | investigator |
| 侦察员 (偵察員) | zhēn chá yuán | detective; investigator |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 研究者.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 研究 | yán jiū | research; a study |
| 研发 (研發) | yán fā | research and development; to develop |
| 研究所 | yán jiū suǒ | research institute; graduate studies |
| 研究生 | yán jiū shēng | graduate student; postgraduate student |
| 科研 | kē yán | (scientific) research |
| 研制 (研製) | yán zhì | to research and manufacture; to research and to develop |
| 究竟 | jiū jìng | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all |
| 研究员 (研究員) | yán jiū yuán | researcher |
| 记者 (記者) | jì zhě | reporter; journalist; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “investigator”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.