准确率 (zhǔn què lǜ) — accuracy rate, precision rate

Definition

noun
accuracy rateprecision rate

Examples

  • 准确率。
    Zhè ge mó xíng de zhǔn què lǜ dá dào le bǎi fēn zhī jiǔ shí wǔ.
    This model's accuracy rate reached 95%.
  • 准确率。
    Wǒ men xū yào tí gāo cè shì de zhǔn què lǜ.
    We need to improve the test's accuracy rate.
  • 准确率。
    Tā de huí dá zhǔn què lǜ hěn gāo.
    His answer accuracy rate is very high.

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.

准确accurate
准zhǔnaccurate确quètrue
联合Side by side
率lǜrate

“准确” contributes accurate, and “率” contributes rate, meaning accuracy rate.

Characters in this word

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 準; 准 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
隼
隼sǔn準zhǔn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 準, not 准, pairs 水 (water) with 隼 as a sound part; the evidence describes it as 'water level'.

Open 准 →

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 確; 确 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
石石shírock
Sound part声符shēngfú
隺
隺hè確què
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 確 combines 石, a rock, with 隺 for its sound; the idea is something rock-solid and certain. The simplified 确 is a shorthand.

Open 确 →

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

率 was drawn as a bird-catching net, with a stick above and below. In the form described, the lower horizontal stroke is missing, so the whole shape represents a rope.

Open 率 →

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