遥控器 (yáo kòng qì) — remote control (device) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

remote control (device)

Measure word · 个

Examples

遥控器，？
Wǒ zhǎo bú dào yáo kòng qì le, nǐ néng bāng wǒ zhǎo yí xià ma?
I can't find the remote control. Can you help me look?
遥控器。
Yòng yáo kòng qì bǎ diàn shì diào dào tǐ yù pín dào.
Use the remote control to change the TV to the sports channel.
遥控器，。
Zhè ge yáo kòng qì de diàn chí méi diàn le, xū yào huàn xīn de.
The batteries in this remote control are dead and need to be replaced.

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.

遥控remote control

遥yáofar控kòngcontrol

偏正Modifier + head

器qìdevice

遥控 gives control from a distance, and 器 gives the device for that control.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌空控

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

空

空kōng控kòng

Same sound today

The left part is 手 written as 扌, showing a hand; the right part 空 gives the sound.

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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