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无线电波 (wú xiàn diàn bō) — radio wave

Definition

noun
radio wave
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 无线电波。
    Shǒu jī tōng guò wú xiàn diàn bō chuán shū xìn hào.
    Mobile phones transmit signals via radio waves.
  • 无线电波。
    Tiān wén xué jiā lì yòng wú xiàn diàn bō yán jiū yǔ zhòu.
    Astronomers use radio waves to study the universe.
  • 无线电波。
    Shōu yīn jī bǎ wú xiàn diàn bō zhuǎn huàn chéng shēng yīn.
    The radio converts radio waves into sound.

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.

无线without wires
无wúwithout线xiànwire
动宾Verb + object
电波electric wave
电diànelectric波bōwave
偏正Modifier + head

无线 means without wires and 电波 means electric wave; together they name waves sent without wires.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 無; 无 is its simplified writing.

For the simplified 无, the story is about 無. 無 drew a person dancing with ox tails held in both hands to pray for rain, then was borrowed for 'have no', so the picture does not explain that meaning.

Open 无 →

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 線; 线 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
泉
泉quán線xiàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 線 uses 糹 (silk/thread) to show the meaning and 泉 to suggest the sound; the simplified 线 is a later shorthand.

Open 线 →

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 電; 电 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
雨雨yǔrain
Sound part声符shēngfú
申
申shēn電diàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For the traditional form 電, 雨 (rain) sits with 申, read shēn and meaning lightning.

Open 电 →

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
皮
皮pí波bō
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 氵 is water, and the right side 皮 gives the sound.

Open 波 →
Appears in
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