扬声器 (yáng shēng qì) — loudspeaker; speaker | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

loudspeakerspeaker

Measure word · 个

Examples

扬声器。
Zhè ge yáng shēng qì de yīn zhì fēi cháng hǎo.
The sound quality of this speaker is very good.
扬声器。
Tā bǎ yáng shēng qì lián jiē dào diàn nǎo shàng.
He connected the speaker to the computer.
扬声器。
Shǒu jī zì dài de yáng shēng qì shēng yīn tài xiǎo le.
The built-in speaker on the phone is too quiet.

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.

扬声emit sound

扬yángemit声shēngsound

动宾Verb + object

器qìdevice

扬 (emit) and 声 (sound) describe the function of the 器 (device).

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 揚; 扬 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

手手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

昜

昜yáng揚

Same sound today

The traditional form 揚 uses 手 to show a hand-related action and 昜 to give the sound; the simplified 扬 is a later abbreviation.

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 聲; 声 is its simplified writing.

殸耳聲

Meaning part形符xíngfú

耳耳ěrear

Sound part声符shēngfú

殸

殸qìng聲shēng

Same sound today

The traditional form 聲 pairs 耳 (ear) with 殸 as a sound part; the simplified 声 is a shorthand and does not show those original parts.

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.

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