总线 (zǒng xiàn) — computer bus | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

computer bus

总线。
Diàn nǎo de zǒng xiàn fù zé chuán shū shù jù.
The computer bus is responsible for data transmission.
总线。
Zhè zhǒng zǒng xiàn de sù dù fēi cháng kuài.
This type of bus is very fast.
总线。
Zhǔ bǎn shàng yǒu duō tiáo zǒng xiàn lián jiē bù tóng de shè bèi.
There are multiple buses on the motherboard connecting different devices.

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.

A main line connects components in a computer bus.

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 總; 总 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìrope

Sound part声符shēngfú

悤

悤cōng總zǒng

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

The traditional form 總 has 糸, a rope, and 悤 as a sound part; the rope part is for binding together. This account is for 總, not for 总.

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 線; 线 is its simplified writing.

糹泉線

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糹Written in full as糸mì

Sound part声符shēngfú

泉

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 線 uses 糹 (silk/thread) to show the meaning and 泉 to suggest the sound; the simplified 线 is a later shorthand.