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转换器 (zhuǎn huàn qì) — converter

Definition

noun
converter
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 转换器。
    Zhè ge zhuǎn huàn qì kě yǐ bǎ jiāo liú diàn biàn chéng zhí liú diàn.
    This converter can turn AC into DC.
  • 转换器。
    Tā mǎi le yí gè xīn de diàn yuán zhuǎn huàn qì.
    He bought a new power converter.
  • 转换器。
    Zhè zhǒng zhuǎn huàn qì néng bǎ shù zì xìn hào biàn chéng mó nǐ xìn hào.
    This type of converter can turn digital signals into analog signals.

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.

转换convert
转zhuǎnturn换huànchange
联合Coordinate
器qìdevice

转换器 is a 器, a device, for 转换, changing from one form to another.

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 轉; 转 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jūcarriage
Sound part声符shēngfú
專
專zhuān轉zhuǎn
Same sound today

The traditional form 轉 combines 車, a carriage, with 專 as a sound part; the simplified 转 is a later shorthand.

Open 转 →

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 換; 换 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
奐
奐huàn換huàn
Same sound today

For the traditional form 換, 手 is the hand part and 奐 gives the sound; this note is about 換, not the simplified 换.

Open 换 →

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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