贴片 (tiē piān) — patch (medical, screen protector, etc.); (electronics) surface-mount component, chip

Definition

A small flat adhesive patch (medical or screen protector) — vs. 贴纸 a sticker/decoration. In electronics, it refers to a surface-mount component soldered onto a circuit board.

noun
patch (medical, screen protector, etc.)(electronics) surface-mount componentchip
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 贴片。
    Yī shēng zài tā de pí fū shàng tiē le yí gè tiē piān.
    The doctor put a patch on his skin.
  • 贴片。
    Zhè ge tiē piān kě yǐ bǎo hù shǒu jī píng mù.
    This screen protector can protect the phone screen.
  • 贴片。
    Zhè xiē tiē piān shì shǒu gōng hàn jiē de.
    These chips are hand-soldered.

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.

贴tiēsticking
片piànpiece

贴 (sticking) and 片 (piece) together mean a piece that is stuck on.

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 貼; 贴 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn貼tiē
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 貼 pairs 貝, a shell, with 占 as a sound part; the simplified 贴 is a later shorthand.

Open 贴 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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