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命中率 (mìng zhòng lǜ) — hit rate, percentage of hits

Definition

noun
hit ratepercentage of hits

Examples

  • 命中率，。
    Zhè wèi qiú yuán de mìng zhòng lǜ hěn gāo, měi chǎng néng jìn sān gè qiú.
    This player's hit rate is very high; he can score three goals per game.
  • 命中率。
    Guǎng gào de diǎn jī mìng zhòng lǜ zhí jiē yǐng xiǎng le shōu rù.
    The click-through rate of ads directly affects revenue.
  • 命中率。
    Shè jī yùn dòng yuán xū yào tí gāo mìng zhòng lǜ cái néng yíng dé bǐ sài.
    Shooting athletes need to improve their hit rate to win competitions.

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.

命中hit
命mìngtarget中zhōnghit
主谓Subject + predicate
率lǜrate

“命中” pictures a target being hit and “率” gives the rate, so it means hit percentage.

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kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
令
令lìng命mìng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

命 combines 口, a mouth, with 令, which gives the sound.

Open 命 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

Open 中 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

率 was drawn as a bird-catching net, with a stick above and below. In the form described, the lower horizontal stroke is missing, so the whole shape represents a rope.

Open 率 →
Appears in
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