可靠性 (kě kào xìng) — reliability

Definition

noun
reliability

Examples

  • 可靠性。
    Zhè zhǒng chǎn pǐn de kě kào xìng hěn gāo.
    The reliability of this product is very high.
  • 可靠性。
    Gōng chéng shī men cè shì le xì tǒng de kě kào xìng.
    The engineers tested the reliability of the system.
  • 可靠性。
    Shù jù de kě kào xìng duì shí yàn jié guǒ fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    The reliability of the data is very important for the experimental results.

Origin

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.

可靠reliable
可kěcan靠kàorely
偏正Modifier + head
性xìngquality

可靠 means dependable, and 性 gives the quality sense of reliability.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
丂
丂kǎo可kě
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

可 pairs 口 (mouth) with 丂 as a sound part; it is tied to air from the mouth, perhaps singing.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
非非fēi
Sound part声符shēngfú
告
告gào靠kào
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

靠 is made of 告 and 非: 告 gives the sound, and 非 gives the meaning.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

Open 性 →

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