扫描器 (sǎo miáo qì) — scanner | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

scanner

Measure word · 台

Examples

扫描器。
Zhè ge sǎo miáo qì kě yǐ kuài sù sǎo miáo wén jiàn.
This scanner can quickly scan documents.
扫描器。
Chāo shì de shōu yín yuán yòng sǎo miáo qì sǎo miáo shāng pǐn tiáo mǎ.
The supermarket cashier uses a scanner to scan product barcodes.
CT扫描器。
Yī yuàn xīn mǎi le yì tái CT sǎo miáo qì.
The hospital bought a new CT scanner.

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.

扫描scan

扫sǎosweep描miáotrace

联合Coordinate

器qìdevice

扫描 means to scan, and 器 names a device, so together they form a scanner.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 掃; 扫 is its simplified writing.

The form 掃 draws a hand with a broomstick, the thing used for sweeping.

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

手手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

苗

苗miáo描miáo

Same sound today

The hand part 手 is on the left, showing the action is done with the hand. The right part 苗 gives the sound.

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

Appears in

Computers & Internet

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