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录像机 (lù xiàng jī) — video recorder, VCR

Definition

noun
video recorderVCR
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 录像机，。
    Wǒ jiā de lù xiàng jī huài le, xū yào xiū lǐ.
    Our family's video recorder is broken and needs repair.
  • 录像机。
    Zhè tái lù xiàng jī kě yǐ lù diàn shì jié mù.
    This VCR can record TV programs.
  • 录像机。
    Tā mǎi le yì tái èr shǒu de lù xiàng jī.
    He bought a second-hand video recorder.

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.

录像record images
录lùrecord像xiàngimage
动宾Verb + object
机jīmachine

It combines 录像 'record images' with 机 'machine' to mean a device for recording video.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 錄; 录 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
彔
彔lù錄lù
Same sound today

The traditional form 錄 combines 金 (metal) with 彔, which gives the sound; the simplified 录 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

Open 录 →

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
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
象
象xiàng像
Same sound today

像 uses 亻, the side form of 人 (person), with 象 giving the sound.

Open 像 →

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
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →
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