分机 (fēn jī) — extension (telephone line) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

extension (telephone line)

Measure word · 台

Examples

分机？
Qǐng wèn nín de fēn jī shì duō shǎo?
What is your extension number?
，分机。
Tā bú zài, nǐ kě yǐ dǎ tā de fēn jī.
He's not here, you can call his extension.
分机。
Gōng sī yǒu èr shí gè fēn jī.
The company has twenty extensions.

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.

机jītelephone

分 indicates a branch and 机 a telephone, so it names a branch line.

Characters in this word

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

八刀分

八八bāto separate
刀刀dāoknife

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

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

木几机

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.

Appears in

Phones & Telecom

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