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主机 (zhǔ jī) — (computing) host computer, main server; (machinery) main engine, prime mover; (military) lead aircraft, command plane

Definition

noun
(computing) host computermain server(machinery) main engineprime mover(military) lead aircraftcommand plane
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 主机。
    Zhè tái zhǔ jī de sù dù hěn kuài.
    This host computer is very fast.
  • 主机。
    Chuán shàng de zhǔ jī zhèng zài wéi xiū.
    The main engine on the ship is being repaired.
  • 主机。
    Nà jià zhǔ jī dài lǐng qí tā fēi jī.
    That lead aircraft is leading the other planes.

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.

主zhǔmain
机jīmachine

主 means main and 机 means machine, together naming the leading machine or host.

Characters in this word

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

The old forms that became 主 showed a lamp or torch with a flame at the top; other forms showed wood on fire or a spirit tablet.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

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Computers & Internet

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