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操作系统 (cāo zuò xì tǒng) — operating system (computing)

Definition

noun
operating system (computing)

Examples

  • 操作系统。
    Wǒ de diàn nǎo xū yào gēng xīn cāo zuò xì tǒng.
    My computer needs to update the operating system.
  • 操作系统，。
    Zhè ge cāo zuò xì tǒng hěn wěn dìng, hěn shǎo chū cuò.
    This operating system is very stable and rarely makes errors.
  • ，操作系统。
    Xué xí biān chéng shí, liǎo jiě cāo zuò xì tǒng de jī běn yuán lǐ hěn zhòng yào.
    When learning programming, it's important to understand the basic principles of the operating system.

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.

操作operate
操cāooperate作zuòdo
联合Coordinate
系统system
系xìsystem统tǒngsystem
联合Coordinate

In 操作系统, 操作 tells what kind of 系统 it is: a system for operating.

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
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
喿
喿zào操cāo
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 手 shows a hand, indicating an action done by hand. The right part 喿 gives the sound.

Open 操 →

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
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
乍
乍zhà作zuò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 亻 comes from 人, meaning 'person', and the right side 乍 gives the sound.

Open 作 →

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

系 is made by putting together 手 (hand) and 糸 (silk).

Open 系 →

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 統; 统 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
充
充chōng統tǒng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 統 uses 糸 as a meaning part and 充 as a sound part; the simplified 统 is a later shorthand, so this story is about 統, not about 统's parts.

Open 统 →
Appears in
Computers & Internet

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