保护器 (bǎo hù qì) — protective device, protector | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

protective deviceprotector

Measure word · 个

Examples

保护器。
Zhè ge diàn lù bǎo hù qì néng zài diàn yā guò gāo shí zì dòng duàn diàn.
This circuit protector automatically cuts off power when the voltage is too high.
保护器，。
Yùn dòng shí qǐng dài hǎo yǎn bù bǎo hù qì, bì miǎn shòu shāng.
Please wear eye protectors during exercise to avoid injury.
保护器。
Zhè kuǎn shù jù bǎo hù qì kě yǐ fáng zhǐ wén jiàn bèi wù shān.
This data protector can prevent files from being accidentally deleted.

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.

保护protect

保bǎokeep护hùprotect

联合Side by side

器qìdevice

保护 means protect; 器 is a device, so the word is a device that protects.

Characters in this word

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

人人rénperson
子子zǐchild

保 originally showed a person 人 carrying a child 子 on their back, which led to the sense of protecting.

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

扌户护

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

户

户hù护hù

Same sound today

护 combines 扌 (the hand form 手) with 户, which gives the sound hù.

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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