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波段 (bō duàn) — waveband, frequency band

Definition

noun
wavebandfrequency band

Examples

  • 波段。
    Zhè ge bō duàn kě yǐ tīng xīn wén.
    This waveband can be used to listen to the news.
  • 波段。
    Duǎn bō bō duàn néng chuán dé hěn yuǎn.
    Shortwave bands can travel very far.
  • 波段。
    Wǒ men tiáo zhěng bō duàn lái zhǎo dào nà ge diàn tái.
    We adjust the waveband to find that radio station.

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.

波bōwave
段duànsegment

波 'wave' and 段 'segment' combine as a segment of waves, giving waveband.

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
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 →

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
殳殳shū
Sound part声符shēngfú
厂
厂chǎng段duàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

段's shape shows 殳 as a hammer breaking a stone, with fragments flying off.

Open 段 →
Appears in
Phones & Telecom

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