<p>Beneficiary is translated as 受益人 and 获益者 in Google Translate</p>
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<p>In life insurance lingo, '<strong>受益人</strong>' is the standard legal term for '<strong>the beneficiary</strong>'. When the 受保人 (the insured) dies, the 保險賠償 (insurance claim) goes to the  受益人 (beneficiary)</p>
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<p>受益者, 获益者, 获利者  all mean &quot;<strong>people who are benefited</strong>&quot; in general sense</p>
<p>Example: '美國今次減稅的受益者衹有大企業及億萬富豪' (the only beneficiaries to the US tax cuts this time are the big companies and billionaires)</p>
<p><em>you can replace 受益者 with 获益者 or 获利者 in this sentence</em></p>
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<p>获得者 literally means &quot;the one who obtain or receive.</p>
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<p>Example:'奖金获得者' 或 '奖牌获得者' 都可以简称为 '获奖者' ('people who received a cash prize' or 'people who received a medal' can both be simply called 'winner' )</p>

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<p>What is the accurate word for Beneficiary (Eg. A beneficiary of a bank account) in Mandarin Chinese ? What is the difference in usage of 受益者 and 获得者 ?</p>

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受益人 is used for insurance.
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You maybe have to edit the question, 受益者 not 受益着
Voyager
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Edited.Thanks :)
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Benefeciary ： 受益者 vs 获得者
# Benefeciary ： 受益者 vs 获得者

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-19)

What is the accurate word for Beneficiary (Eg. A beneficiary of a bank account) in Mandarin Chinese ? What is the difference in usage of 受益者 and 获得者 ?

**Tags:** usage, vocabulary

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 受益人 is used for insurance.  
> **username_2**: You maybe have to edit the question, 受益者 not 受益着  
> **username_0**: Edited.Thanks :)  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2019-03-19. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Beneficiary is translated as 受益人 and 获益者 in Google Translate

> In life insurance lingo, '**受益人**' is the standard legal term for '**the beneficiary**'. When the 受保人 (the insured) dies, the 保險賠償 (insurance claim) goes to the 受益人 (beneficiary)

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> 受益者, 获益者, 获利者 all mean "**people who are benefited**" in general sense
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> Example: '美國今次減稅的受益者衹有大企業及億萬富豪' (the only beneficiaries to the US tax cuts this time are the big companies and billionaires)
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> *you can replace 受益者 with 获益者 or 获利者 in this sentence*

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> 获得者 literally means "the one who obtain or receive.

Example:'奖金获得者' 或 '奖牌获得者' 都可以简称为 '获奖者' ('people who received a cash prize' or 'people who received a medal' can both be simply called 'winner' )


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