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调节器 (tiáo jié qì) — regulator; conditioner; adjuster (a device that regulates or adjusts something)

Definition

noun
regulatorconditioneradjuster (a device that regulates or adjusts something)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 调节器，。
    Zhè ge tiáo jié qì huài le, xū yào huàn yí gè xīn de.
    This regulator is broken and needs to be replaced with a new one.
  • 调节器。
    Kōng tiáo de tiáo jié qì kě yǐ kòng zhì shì nèi wēn dù.
    The conditioner of the air conditioner can control the indoor temperature.
  • 调节器。
    Yā lì tiáo jié qì bì xū dìng qī jiǎn chá.
    The pressure regulator must be inspected regularly.

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.

调节adjust
调tiáoadjust节jiéregulate
联合Coordinate
器qìdevice

调节, 'adjust and regulate', describes the function of 器, 'device', so it is a regulator.

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 調; 调 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
周
周zhōu調tiáo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 調 pairs 言 (speech) with 周, which shows how it was pronounced. The simplified 调 is a later shorthand.

Open 调 →

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 節; 节 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺮Written in full as竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
即
即jí節jié
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 節 pairs ⺮ (bamboo) with 即, which gives the sound; the bamboo part points to a node of bamboo. The simplified 节 is a later abbreviation.

Open 节 →

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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