射速 (shè sù) — firing rate | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Technical/军事 term for how fast a gun fires shots (rounds per minute), used in military, ballistics, and shooter-game contexts.

noun

firing rate

射速。
Zhè zhǒng qiāng de shè sù fēi cháng gāo.
This type of gun has a very high firing rate.
射速。
Wǒ men xū yào tí gāo shè sù lái yā zhì dí rén.
We need to increase the firing rate to suppress the enemy.
射速。
Yóu xì zhōng de shè sù cān shù kě yǐ tiáo zhěng.
The firing rate parameter in the game can be adjusted.

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.

射 means firing and 速 means speed, giving firing rate.

Characters in this word

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

In 射, the left part comes from 弓 (bow) and 矢 (arrow), and the right part comes from a hand drawing the bowstring.

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

辵辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

束

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

速 pairs 辵, the walking part, with 束, which is used for its sound; the walking part fits the meaning of moving fast.