使用量 (shǐ yòng liàng) — volume of use, usage amount | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

volume of useusage amount

Examples

使用量。
Zhè ge ruǎn jiàn de rì shǐ yòng liàng chāo guò le yì bǎi wàn.
The daily usage volume of this software exceeds one million.
使用量。
Wǒ men xū yào tǒng jì měi gè yuè de shǐ yòng liàng.
We need to calculate the usage amount for each month.
，使用量。
Suí zhe yòng hù zēng jiā, shǐ yòng liàng yě zài bú duàn shàng shēng.
As the number of users increases, the usage volume is also rising.

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

量liángamount

使用量 combines 使用 (use) with 量 (amount), meaning how much 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.

亻吏使

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.

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.

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

日日rìsun
東東dōngbag; east

量 has 日 (sun) over 東 (bag; east). Some explanations suggest measuring under the sun or the sun rising in the east, but the exact origin is unclear.

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