机电 (jī diàn) — electromechanical equipment; machinery and power-generating equipment

Definition

noun
electromechanical equipmentmachinery and power-generating equipment
Measure word · 台
Easily confused

Examples

  • 机电。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī zhuān mén shēng chǎn jī diàn shè bèi.
    This company specializes in producing electromechanical equipment.
  • 机电。
    jī diàn Háng yè de jì shù gēng xīn fēi cháng kuài.
    Technology updates in the electromechanical industry are very fast.
  • 机电。
    Wǒ men xū yào yǐn jìn xiān jìn de jī diàn xì tǒng.
    We need to introduce advanced electromechanical systems.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

机jīmachinery
电diànelectricity

machinery and electricity combine to mean electromechanical equipment.

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
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 →

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 →

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