多功能 (duō gōng néng) — multifunction; multifunctional; all-purpose | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

multifunctionmultifunctionalall-purpose

Examples

多功能、。
Zhè kuǎn duō gōng néng shǒu jī kě yǐ pāi zhào, lù xiàng hé dǎo háng.
This multifunction phone can take photos, record videos, and navigate.
多功能。
Gōng sī xīn zū le yì jiān duō gōng néng huì yì shì.
The company rented a new multipurpose meeting room.
多功能、。
Zhè bǎ duō gōng néng dāo kě yǐ yòng lái qiè shuǐ guǒ, kāi píng zi hé jiǎn dōng xī.
This all-purpose knife can be used to cut fruit, open bottles, and cut things.

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.

功能function

功gōngmerit能néngability

联合Side by side

多 adds many, while 功 and 能 together point to what something can do.

Characters in this word

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

多 originally showed two pieces of meat placed together; the repeated meat shape gives the sense of many.

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

工力功

Meaning part形符xíngfú

力力lìstrength

Sound part声符shēngfú

工

工gōng功gōng

Same sound today

功 puts 力 (strength) beside 工, which gives the sound gōng and means labour or work.

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

能 is an old picture of a bear, showing two paws and a face with an open mouth.

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