测试仪 (cè shì yí) — testing device; test instrument

Definition

noun
testing devicetest instrument
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 测试仪。
    Zhè tái cè shì yí kě yǐ cè liáng wēn dù.
    This testing device can measure temperature.
  • 测试仪。
    Gōng rén yòng cè shì yí jiǎn chá diàn lù.
    The worker uses a test instrument to check the circuit.
  • 测试仪。
    Shí yàn shì lǐ fàng zhe yì tái xīn cè shì yí.
    There is a new testing device in the laboratory.

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.

测试test
测cèmeasure试shìtry
联合Side by side
仪yídevice

测试 (test) and 仪 (device) combine to mean a testing instrument.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 測; 测 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
則
則zé測cè
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 測 combines 氵 (water) with 則 for the sound; it is explained as measuring the depth of water. The simplified 测 is a later shorthand.

Open 测 →

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 試; 试 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
式
式shì試shì
Same sound today

The traditional form 試 puts 言 beside 式, and 式 gives the sound; the simplified 试 is the form of this character.

Open 试 →

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 儀; 仪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
義
義yì儀yí
Same sound today

In the traditional form 儀, the left part 亻 shows a person, and the right part 義 supplies the sound. This description is about 儀, not the simplified 仪.

Open 仪 →

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