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数据流 (shù jù liú) — data stream; data flow

Definition

noun
data streamdata flow

Examples

  • 。
    Zhè ge xì tǒng kě yǐ chǔ lǐ dà shù jù liú.
    This system can handle large data streams.
  • 数据流。
    Shǒu jī shàng de shù jù liú sù dù hěn kuài.
    The data stream on the phone is very fast.
  • 数据流。
    Wǎng luò shàng de shù jù liú bèi shí shí fēn xī.
    The data stream on the network is analyzed in real time.

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.

数据data
数shùnumber据jùbasis
联合Coordinate
流liúflow

数 and 据 together give the sense of data, while 流 pictures it as a flowing stream.

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 數; 数 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
婁
婁lóu數shù(r)
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 數 pairs 攴, the meaning part, with 婁, the sound part; the simplified 数 is a shorthand.

Open 数 →

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
居
居jū据jù
Same sound today

据 uses 手 (hand) as one part and 居 to give the sound.

Open 据 →

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
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
㐬
㐬㐬流liú
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

流 has 水, water, and 㐬, which gives the sound. The water part matches meanings such as flow.

Open 流 →
Appears in
Computers & Internet

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