初始化 (chū shǐ huā) — to initialize (in computing)

Definition

verb

to initialize (in computing)

初始化。
Xì tǒng qǐ dòng shí xū yào chū shǐ huā suǒ yǒu yìng jiàn.
When the system starts, it needs to initialize all hardware.
初始化，。
Qǐng xiān chū shǐ huā zhè ge chéng xù, rán hòu zài yùn xíng.
Please initialize this program first, then run it.
，初始化。
Ān zhuāng wán chéng hòu, nǐ bì xū chū shǐ huā shù jù kù.
After installation, you must initialize the database.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

初始initial

联合Coordinate

化huàturn into

初始 ('first/beginning') plus 化 ('turn into') gives the idea of setting something to its starting state.

Characters in this word

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

衤刀初

初 combines 衤 (clothes) and 刀 (knife), showing the start of making clothes by cutting cloth.

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

女台始

Meaning part形符xíngfú

女女nǚwoman

Sound part声符shēngfú

台

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

始 is made of 女 (woman) and 台, which gives the sound.

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

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.

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