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半导体 (bàn dǎo tǐ) — semiconductor

Definition

noun
semiconductor
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 半导体。
    Zhè zhǒng bàn dǎo tǐ yòng yú zhì zào xīn piàn.
    This kind of semiconductor is used to make chips.
  • 半导体。
    Zhōng guó de bàn dǎo tǐ chǎn yè fā zhǎn hěn kuài.
    China's semiconductor industry is developing very quickly.
  • 半导体。
    bàn dǎo tǐ Shì yì zhǒng zhòng yào de cái liào.
    A semiconductor is an important material.

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.

半bànhalf
导体conductor
导dǎoconduct体tǐbody
偏正Modifier + head

A 半 (semi-) 导体 (conducting body) conducts only partially.

Characters in this word

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

The shape pairs 八 (to divide) with 牛 (cow), showing a cow cut into two halves.

Open 半 →

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 導; 导 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
寸寸cùnhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
道
道dào導
Same sound today

The traditional form 導 pairs 道 (path) as the sound part with 寸 (hand), giving the sense of leading someone. The simplified 导 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 导 →

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 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
骨骨gǔbone
Sound part声符shēngfú
豊
豊lǐ體tǐ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

Open 体 →
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