滤波器 (lǜ bō qì) — electronic filter; wave filter

Definition

noun

electronic filterwave filter

Measure word · 个

滤波器。
Zhè ge lǜ bō qì néng guò lǜ diào zào yīn.
This filter can filter out noise.
滤波器。
Tā zhèng zài yán jiū xīn xíng lǜ bō qì.
He is researching a new type of filter.
滤波器。
Wǒ men xū yào yí gè gāo xiào de lǜ bō qì.
We need an efficient filter.

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.

滤波filter waves

动宾Verb + object

“滤” means filter, “波” means wave, and “器” is a device, so it names something that filters waves.

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 濾; 滤 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

慮

慮lǜ濾lǜ

Same sound today

The traditional form 濾 pairs 水, water, with 慮, which shows the sound lǜ; the simplified 滤 is a later shorthand.

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

氵皮波

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

皮

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.

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.