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{{non-gloss|Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (i.e., to whom or to which an action is done).}}

(less common) {{non-gloss|Added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (that is, who or that does an action).}}

(law) {{non-gloss|Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in (-or).}}

(medicine) {{non-gloss|Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure.}}

{{non-gloss|Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.}}

(diminutive) {{ng|Used to form diminutives.}}

(derogatory) {{n-g|Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese.}}

(pos=infinitive suffix).

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