控制器 (kòng zhì qì) — controller (device that controls something) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

controller (device that controls something)

Measure word · 台

Examples

控制器。
Zhè ge kòng zhì qì kě yǐ kòng zhì yóu xì lǐ de jué sè.
This controller can control the characters in the game.
控制器，。
Gōng chǎng lǐ de wēn dù kòng zhì qì huài le, xū yào xiū lǐ.
The temperature controller in the factory is broken and needs repair.
控制器。
Kōng tiáo de kòng zhì qì kě yǐ tiáo jié wēn dù.
The controller of the air conditioner can adjust the temperature.

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.

控制control

控kòngcontrol制zhìcontrol

联合Coordinate

器qìdevice

控制 describes controlling, and 器 names the device that does it.

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.

扌空控

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

空

空kōng控kòng

Same sound today

The left part is 手 written as 扌, showing a hand; the right part 空 gives the sound.

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

朱朱zhūtree
刀刀dāoknife

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

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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Technology & Engineering

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