使用率 (shǐ yòng lǜ) — utilization rate; usage rate

Definition

noun
utilization rateusage rate

Examples

  • 使用率。
    Zhè ge chǎn pǐn de shǐ yòng lǜ zài zhú nián shàng shēng.
    The utilization rate of this product is increasing year by year.
  • 使用率，。
    Wèi le tí gāo shǐ yòng lǜ, gōng sī gǎi jìn le shēng chǎn liú chéng.
    To improve the utilization rate, the company improved the production process.
  • 使用率。
    Wǒ men fēn xī le qù nián dì sì jì dù de shǐ yòng lǜ shù jù.
    We analyzed the utilization rate data from the fourth quarter of last year.

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.

使用use
使shǐuse用yònguse
联合Side by side
率lǜrate

使用 is use, and 率 is rate, so together they describe the rate at which something is used.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
吏
吏lì使shǐ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

使 pairs 亻 (person) with 吏, which pictures a hand holding something like a flag, giving the sense of a representative or ambassador.

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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.

用 was formed by adding a handle to an earlier form.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

率 was drawn as a bird-catching net, with a stick above and below. In the form described, the lower horizontal stroke is missing, so the whole shape represents a rope.

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