全自动 (quán zì dòng) — full automation; fully automatic (device or sys…

Definition

noun

full automationfully automatic (device or system)

Measure word · 个

全自动。
Zhè ge gōng chǎng shí xiàn le quán zì dòng shēng chǎn.
This factory has achieved fully automated production.
全自动。
Wǒ mǎi le yì tái quán zì dòng xǐ yī jī.
I bought a fully automatic washing machine.
全自动。
quán zì dòng Xì tǒng dà dà tí gāo le gōng zuò xiào lǜ.
The fully automatic system greatly improved work efficiency.

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.

自动automatic

主谓Subject + predicate

全 (fully) + 自动 (self-moving) describes a system that operates without manual steps.

Characters in this word

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

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

自 originally drew a nose. It was borrowed purely for its sound to write 自, so the picture and the meaning are unrelated.

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 動; 动 is its simplified writing.

重力動

Meaning part形符xíngfú

力力lìstrength

Sound part声符shēngfú

重

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 動 uses 力 (strength) and 重 as a sound part; 重 refers to a heavy bag ready to be moved by a human. This note is about 動, not 动.

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