The Chinese word 被害者 (bèihàizhě, meaning "victim") is a compound noun formed through a clear grammatical structure: the passive marker 被 (bèi, indicating "by" or passive voice) is combined with the verb 害 (hài, "to harm" or "to injure") and the nominalizing suffix 者 (zhě, "the one who" or "person who"). Literally, it parses as "the one who is harmed", where 被害 constitutes a passive verbal phrase ("to be harmed") and 者 turns that action into a person associated with it, thus creating a precise term for someone who has suffered injury or injustice.