阅读器 (yuè dú qì) — e-reader; reader (device or software for reading digital texts)

Definition

noun
e-readerreader (device or software for reading digital texts)
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 阅读器。
    Wǒ xí guàn yòng yuè dú qì kàn diàn zǐ shū.
    I'm used to reading e-books on an e-reader.
  • 阅读器，。
    Tā mǎi le yì tái xīn de yuè dú qì, píng mù hěn qīng xī.
    He bought a new e-reader with a very clear screen.
  • 阅读器。
    Zhè ge yuè dú qì kě yǐ cún chǔ shàng qiān běn shū.
    This reader can store thousands of books.

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.

阅读read
阅yuèread读dúread
联合Side by side
器qìdevice

阅读 “read” and 器 “device” make a reading device.

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 閱; 阅 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
門門mén
Sound part声符shēngfú
兌
兌duì閱yuè
Same sound today

The traditional form 閱 pairs 門, a gate, with 兌, a part that gives the sound; the simplified 阅 is a shorthand.

Open 阅 →

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 讀; 读 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánto say
Sound part声符shēngfú
𧶠
𧶠𧶠讀dú
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 讀 is made of 言 ('to say') and 𧶠 (giving the sound); this description is about 讀, not 读.

Open 读 →

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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