The Chinese word 告密者 (gàomìzhě), meaning "informer" or "whistleblower", is formed through a logical and common morphological process in Chinese. It is a compound noun structured as [Verb + Object + Agent Suffix]: the verb 告 (gào, "to tell") takes the object 密 (mì, "secret"), forming the verb phrase 告密 ("to inform on someone/to tell secrets"). The suffix 者 (zhě, meaning "one who" or "-er") is then appended to this phrase, creating an agent noun that literally means "the one who tells secrets". This construction follows a standard pattern in Chinese for creating nouns that denote a person who performs the action described by the preceding verb-object phrase.