集成电路 (jí chéng diàn lù) — integrated circuit (electronics)

Definition

noun
integrated circuit (electronics)
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 集成电路。
    Xiàn dài diàn zǐ shè bèi lǐ dōu yòng dào jí chéng diàn lù.
    Modern electronic devices all use integrated circuits.
  • 集成电路。
    Zhè zhǒng jí chéng diàn lù tǐ jī xiǎo dàn gōng néng qiáng.
    This kind of integrated circuit is small in size but powerful in function.
  • 集成电路。
    Tā zài yì jiā jí chéng diàn lù gōng sī gōng zuò.
    He works at an integrated circuit company.

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.

集成integrated
集jígather成chéngform
补充Verb + complement
电路circuit
电diànelectric路lùpath
偏正Modifier + head

集成电路 is a 电路 whose parts are 集成 into one unit.

Characters in this word

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

集 pairs 隹 (bird) with 木 (tree), showing birds on a tree, hence a gathering.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
戊戊wù
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng成chéng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

成 puts 戊, a weapon, beside 丁, which gives the sound. The weapon part relates to protection, as in the old sense of city walls.

Open 成 →

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 電; 电 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
雨雨yǔrain
Sound part声符shēngfú
申
申shēn電diàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For the traditional form 電, 雨 (rain) sits with 申, read shēn and meaning lightning.

Open 电 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
足足zú
Sound part声符shēngfú
各
各gè路lù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

路 combines 足, a foot, with 各, which supplies the sound.

Open 路 →

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