分析仪 (fēn xī yí) — analyzer; analytical instrument

Definition

noun
analyzeranalytical instrument
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 分析仪。
    Zhè tái fēn xī yí kě yǐ jiǎn cè shuǐ zhì.
    This analyzer can test water quality.
  • 分析仪。
    Shí yàn shì lǐ yǒu yì tái xīn de fēn xī yí.
    There is a new analyzer in the lab.
  • 分析仪。
    Wǒ men xū yào yòng fēn xī yí lái cè liáng shù jù.
    We need to use the analyzer to measure data.

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.

分析analyze
分fēndivide析xīanalyze
联合Side by side
仪yíinstrument

“分析” means analyze and “仪” means instrument, so this is an instrument for analysis.

Characters in this word

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

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

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

析 shows 斤 (axe) next to 木 (wood), depicting an axe splitting wood.

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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 儀; 仪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
義
義yì儀yí
Same sound today

In the traditional form 儀, the left part 亻 shows a person, and the right part 義 supplies the sound. This description is about 儀, not the simplified 仪.

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