模版 (mó bǎn) — template, model, pattern

Definition

noun
templatemodelpattern
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 模版。
    Zhè ge wǎng yè mó bǎn shè jì dé fēi cháng qīng xī.
    The template for this webpage is designed very clearly.
  • 模版。
    Gōng chéng shī yòng zhè ge mó bǎn zhì zào le dì yī pī líng jiàn.
    The engineer used this pattern to produce the first batch of parts.
  • 模版,。
    Nǐ xū yào xiān chuàng jiàn yí gè mó bǎn, rán hòu tián rù jù tǐ nèi róng.
    You need to first create a template, then fill in the specific content.

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.

模mómodel
版bǎnplate

模 gives the idea of a model or mold and 版 gives a plate or sheet, so the word names a template.

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
Sound part声符shēngfú
莫
莫mò模mó
Same sound today

The left part 木 is tree; the right part 莫 gives the sound.

Open 模 →

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
Sound part声符shēngfú
反
反fǎn版bǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

版 is formed by 片 and 反, with 片 contributing the sense and 反 the sound.

Open 版 →

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