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浏览器 (liú lǎn qì) — (web) browser

Definition

noun
(web) browser
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 浏览器。
    Qǐng bǎ liú lǎn qì shēng jí dào zuì xīn bǎn běn.
    Please upgrade the browser to the latest version.
  • 浏览器。
    Wǒ xí guàn yòng liú lǎn qì shōu cáng xǐ huan de wǎng yè.
    I'm used to bookmarking my favorite webpages with the browser.
  • 浏览器？
    Nǐ de liú lǎn qì mò rèn sōu suǒ yǐn qíng shì shén me?
    What is the default search engine of your browser?

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.

浏览browse
浏liúskim览lǎnlook over
联合Coordinate
器qìdevice

The parts for skimming, looking over, and device combine to name a tool for browsing.

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 瀏; 浏 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
劉
劉liú瀏liú
Same sound today

The traditional form 瀏 pairs 氵 (water) with 劉, which gives the sound liú.

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 覽; 览 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
見見jiànsee
Sound part声符shēngfú
監
監jiān覽lǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 覽 uses 見, meaning see, for the sense and 監 for the sound; the simplified 览 is a later shorthand.

Open 览 →

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

Open 器 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 6Computers & Internet

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