合成器 (hé chéng qì) — synthesizer (musical instrument)

Definition

noun

synthesizer (musical instrument)

Measure word · 台

合成器。
Tā xǐ huan yòng diàn zǐ hé chéng qì yǎn zòu yīn yuè.
He likes to play music with an electronic synthesizer.
合成器。
Zhè ge yuè duì shǐ yòng le hěn duō bù tóng de hé chéng qì.
This band uses many different synthesizers.
合成器。
Xiàn dài de hé chéng qì kě yǐ mó nǐ gè zhǒng yuè qì de shēng yīn.
Modern synthesizers can simulate the sounds of various instruments.

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.

合成synthesize

补充Verb + complement

“合成” means combined into a whole, and “器” names the device.

Characters in this word

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

亼口合

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

丁dīng成chéng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

成 puts 戊, a weapon, beside 丁, which gives the sound. The weapon part relates to protection, as in the old sense of city walls.

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.