信息量 (xìn xī liáng) — information volume; amount of information

Definition

noun

information volumeamount of information

信息量。
Xiàn dài rén měi tiān jiē shōu de xìn xī liáng tài dà le.
The amount of information that modern people receive every day is too large.
信息量。
Yì piān hǎo wén zhāng yīng gāi yǒu zú gòu de xìn xī liáng.
A good article should have sufficient information volume.
信息量。
Zhè ge wǎng zhàn měi tiān de xìn xī liáng fēi cháng dà.
The information volume on this website is very large.

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.

信息information

联合Side by side

'信息' is news or messages and '量' is amount, so it means the amount of information.

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

言言yánwords

Sound part声符shēngfú

人

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

信 pairs 人 as the sound part with 言 (words) as the meaning part.

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

自心息

In 息, 自 is nose and 心 is heart, showing breath or life passing through one's nose.

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

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.