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探测仪 (tàn cè yí) — detector, probe (detection instrument)

Definition

noun
detectorprobe (detection instrument)
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 探测仪。
    Kē xué jiā yòng tàn cè yí lái tàn cè dì xià de kuàng chǎn.
    Scientists use detectors to probe underground minerals.
  • 探测仪。
    Zhè tái tàn cè yí néng jīng zhǔn dì cè liáng wēn dù biàn huà.
    This detector can accurately measure temperature changes.
  • 探测仪。
    Tā men dài zhe tàn cè yí jìn rù dòng xué tàn xiǎn.
    They brought a detector to explore the cave.

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.

探测probe
探tànprobe测cèmeasure
联合Coordinate
仪yíinstrument

探 and 测 together mean probing and measuring, and 仪 is the instrument.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
𥥍
𥥍𥥍探tàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 探, the 扌 part is a hand, and 𥥍 gives the sound.

Open 探 →

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 測; 测 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
則
則zé測cè
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 測 combines 氵 (water) with 則 for the sound; it is explained as measuring the depth of water. The simplified 测 is a later shorthand.

Open 测 →

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 儀; 仪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
義
義yì儀yí
Same sound today

In the traditional form 儀, the left part 亻 shows a person, and the right part 義 supplies the sound. This description is about 儀, not the simplified 仪.

Open 仪 →
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