稳定器 (wěn dìng qì) — stabilizer (device or mechanism that keeps some…

Definition

noun

stabilizer (device or mechanism that keeps something steady)

Measure word · 个

稳定器。
Zhè ge wěn dìng qì néng fáng zhǐ xiàng jī zài pāi shè shí dǒu dòng.
This stabilizer prevents the camera from shaking while shooting.
稳定器。
Zhèng fǔ chū tái le yí xì liè jīng jì wěn dìng qì zhèng cè.
The government introduced a series of economic stabilizer policies.
稳定器。
Tā mǎi le yí gè sān zhóu wěn dìng qì lái pāi shì pín.
He bought a three-axis stabilizer to shoot videos.

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.

稳定steady

联合Coordinate

'稳定' means steady or settled, and '器' means device, so it is a device that keeps things steady.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

宀宀mián

Sound part声符shēngfú

正

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

定 is built from 宀 and 正, with 正 supplying 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.

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