编码器 (biān mǎ qì) — encoder; coding device

Definition

noun
encodercoding device
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 编码器。
    Zhè ge biān mǎ qì kě yǐ zhuǎn huàn shù zì xìn hào.
    This encoder can convert digital signals.
  • 。
    Wǒ men zhèng zài cè shì xīn biān mǎ qì de xìng néng.
    We are testing the performance of the new encoder.
  • 编码器。
    Gōng chéng shī xiū fù le sǔn huài de biān mǎ qì.
    The engineer repaired the damaged encoder.

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.

编码encode
编biāncompile码mǎcode
动宾Verb + object
器qìdevice

编 means compile, 码 means code, and 器 means device; together they name a device that compiles codes.

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 編; 编 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìthread
Sound part声符shēngfú
扁
扁biǎn編biān
Same sound today

The traditional form 編 pairs 糸 (thread), for knitting a book together, with 扁 as the sound part; the simplified 编 is only a shorthand.

Open 编 →

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 碼; 码 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
石石shístone; rock
Sound part声符shēngfú
馬
馬mǎ碼mǎ
Same sound today

The traditional form 碼 pairs 石 (stone) with 馬 for its sound; the simplified 码 is a later shorthand.

Open 码 →

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 →

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