示波器 (shì bō qì) — oscilloscope | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

oscilloscope

Measure word · 台

示波器。
Gōng chéng shī yòng shì bō qì cè liáng diàn lù zhōng de pín lǜ.
The engineer uses an oscilloscope to measure the frequency in the circuit.
示波器。
Zhè tái xīn de shì bō qì kě yǐ xiǎn shì gèng qīng xī de bō xíng.
This new oscilloscope can display clearer waveforms.
，示波器。
Wèi le jiǎn xiū shè bèi, tā mǎi le yì tái èr shǒu de shì bō qì.
To repair the equipment, he bought a second-hand oscilloscope.

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.

示波display waves

动宾Verb + object

器qìinstrument

示波 display waves and 器 instrument form a device that shows waveforms.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

示 began as a drawing of an altar. Extra strokes were added to keep it distinct from unrelated old forms.

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.