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无线 (wú xiàn) — wireless

Definition

adjective
wireless
Easily confused

Examples

  • 无线。
    Xiàn zài hěn duō shǒu jī dōu zhī chí wú xiàn chōng diàn.
    Many phones now support wireless charging.
  • 无线。
    Wǒ de wú xiàn shǔ biāo yòng le liǎng nián hái méi huài.
    My wireless mouse has been used for two years and still hasn't broken.
  • 无线，。
    Zhè jiā kā fēi tīng tí gōng wú xiàn wǎng luò, sù dù hěn kuài.
    This café provides wireless internet, and the speed is very fast.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

无wúwithout
线xiànwire

The idea of 无, meaning without, combines with 线, meaning wire, to suggest wireless operation.

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.

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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.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Technology & EngineeringPhones & Telecom

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