计时器 (jì shí qì) — timer | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

timer

Measure word · 个

计时器。
Qǐng bǎ jì shí qì fàng zài zhuō zi shàng.
Please put the timer on the table.
计时器。
Tā mǎi le sān gè jì shí qì.
He bought three timers.
计时器。
Zhè ge jì shí qì hěn hǎo yòng.
This timer is very easy to use.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 計; 计 is its simplified writing.

言十計

The traditional form 計 pairs 言 (say) with 十 (all). The simplified 计 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical shape.

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 時; 时 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun; day

Sound part声符shēngfú

之

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

The traditional form 時 pairs 日 (sun/day) with 之 as the part that gives the sound; the simplified 时 is not the form described.

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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