格式化 (gé shì huà) — (computing) to format (a disk, drive, document)… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

In computing, to format a disk, drive, or document so it's ready to use. Figuratively, to become stereotyped — falling into a fixed pattern through repetition.

verb

(computing) to format (a disk, drive, document)(of behavior, thinking) to become stereotypedto fall into a pattern

Examples

格式化。
Qǐng bǎ yìng pán gé shì huà yí xià.
Please format the hard drive.
格式化。
Cháng qī chóng fù tóng yàng de gōng zuò huì ràng sī wéi gé shì huà.
Doing the same work repeatedly over a long period can make one's thinking become stereotyped.
格式化。
Nǐ xū yào xiān gé shì huà zhè ge wén dàng cái néng dǎ yìn.
You need to format this document first before printing.

Origin

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

格式pattern

格gégrid式shìform

联合Coordinate

化huàmake into

格 and 式 give the pattern, and 化 makes something conform to it.

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.

木各格

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

各

各gè格gé

Same sound today

格 is built from 木 (wood) on the left and 各 on the right, which gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

弋工式

Meaning part形符xíngfú

工工gōngwork

Sound part声符shēngfú

弋

弋yì式shì

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

式 pairs 工, meaning work, with 弋, which gives the sound.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.

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