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资料库 (zī liào kù) — database; data bank; storage room for files or documents

Definition

noun
databasedata bankstorage room for files or documents
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 资料库。
    Suǒ yǒu kè hù xìn xī dōu bǎo cún zài zī liào kù lǐ.
    All customer information is stored in the database.
  • 资料库。
    Qù zī liào kù zhǎo yí xià qù nián de cái wù bào biǎo.
    Go to the database and find last year's financial statements.
  • 资料库。
    Gōng sī xīn jiàn lì le yí gè diàn zǐ zī liào kù.
    The company has set up a new electronic database.

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.

资料data
资zīresources料liàomaterials
联合Coordinate
库kùstorage

'资料' means materials or data, and '库' is a storage place, so the whole denotes a place storing data.

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 資; 资 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell-money
Sound part声符shēngfú
次
次cì資zī
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 資 puts 次 above 貝, a shell-money sign, to write property or resource; 次 supplies the sound. The simplified 资 is a shorthand, so do not treat its parts as historical.

Open 资 →

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

料 combines 米 (rice) with 斗 (a dipper), showing rice being measured or gauged.

Open 料 →

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 庫; 库 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎngbuilding
Sound part声符shēngfú
車
車jū庫kù
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 庫 pairs 广 (building) with 車 (sound); the building part points to a storehouse. The simplified 库 is a later shorthand.

Open 库 →
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