触发器 (chù fā qì) — trigger (device or mechanism that initiates a p…

Definition

noun

trigger (device or mechanism that initiates a process)

Measure word · 个

触发器。
Zhè ge chù fā qì kòng zhì zhe zhěng gè xì tǒng de qǐ dòng.
This trigger controls the startup of the entire system.
触发器，。
Diàn lù zhōng de chù fā qì yí bèi jī huó, jǐng bào jiù huì xiǎng qǐ.
Once the trigger in the circuit is activated, the alarm will sound.
触发器。
Chéng xù yuán zài dài mǎ lǐ shè zhì le yí gè chù fā qì.
The programmer set up a trigger in the code.

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.

触发trigger

补充Verb + complement

A 触发器 is a device for triggering: 触发 means to trigger and 器 means device.

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 觸; 触 is its simplified writing.

角蜀觸

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

蜀

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 觸 uses 角 for the meaning and 蜀 for the sound; the simplified 触 is a later shorthand.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.

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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