The Chinese word **挑战者** (tiǎozhànzhě, meaning "challenger") is a compound noun formed through a common grammatical structure: it combines the verb-object phrase **挑战** (tiǎozhàn, "to issue a challenge" or "to challenge") with the suffix **者** (zhě, which denotes "a person who does something"). Therefore, 挑战者 literally and functionally means "one who challenges" or "the person issuing the challenge," directly following the pattern of Verb + 者 = Agent Noun.