中继器 (zhōng jì qì) — repeater

Definition

noun
repeater
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 中继器。
    Zhè ge zhōng jì qì néng fàng dà xìn hào.
    This repeater can amplify the signal.
  • 中继器。
    Wǒ men yòng yí gè zhōng jì qì lái kuò zhǎn wǎng luò fàn wéi.
    We use a repeater to extend the network range.
  • 中继器，。
    Zhè ge zhōng jì qì huài le, xū yào huàn yí gè xīn de.
    This repeater is broken; we need to replace it with a new one.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

中继relay
中zhōngmiddle继jìcontinue
偏正Modifier + head
器qìdevice

中 gives middle and 继 gives continue, together relay; 器 names a device.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 繼; 继 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìrope
Sound part声符shēngfú
㡭
㡭㡭繼jì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 繼 pairs 糸 (rope) with 㡭 as a sound part; an older form may have shown four silk strands. The simplified 继 is only a later shorthand.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

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