收录机 (shōu lù jī) — radio cassette recorder, tape recorder with radio

Definition

noun
radio cassette recordertape recorder with radio
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 收录机。
    Bà ba gěi wǒ mǎi le yì tái xīn shōu lù jī.
    Dad bought me a new radio cassette recorder.
  • 收录机。
    Zhè tái shōu lù jī de yīn zhì fēi cháng qīng xī.
    The sound quality of this tape recorder is very clear.
  • 收录机。
    Yòng shōu lù jī fàng cí dài tīng yīng yǔ hěn fāng biàn.
    It's very convenient to listen to English using the cassette recorder.

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.

收录receive and record
收shōureceive radio录lùrecord
联合Side by side
机jīmachine

收 here means receiving radio, 录 means recording; 机 marks the combined 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū收shōu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

收 uses 攴 to show an action and 丩 as a sound clue; the old meaning was 'to arrest.'

Open 收 →

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 錄; 录 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
彔
彔lù錄lù
Same sound today

The traditional form 錄 combines 金 (metal) with 彔, which gives the sound; the simplified 录 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

Open 录 →

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
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →

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