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写入 (xiě rù) — to write (data) into a storage medium or file; to enter or fill in (information into a document or form)

Definition

In computing, 写入 means to write data into a file, database, or storage medium (the counterpart to 读出/读取 'to read'). For filling in information on a form or document by hand, just use 写 or 填.

verb
to write (data) into a storage medium or fileto enter or fill in (information into a document or form)

Examples

  • 写入U。
    Qǐng bǎ zhè ge wén jiàn xiě rù dào U pán lǐ.
    Please write this file onto the USB drive.
  • 写入。
    Yòng hù xìn xī yǐ jīng bèi chéng gōng xiě rù dào shù jù kù.
    The user information has been successfully written to the database.
  • 写入。
    Nǐ xū yào bǎ dá àn xiě rù dào biǎo gé de zuì xià miàn yì lán.
    You need to write the answer into the bottommost column of the form.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

写xiěwrite
入rùin

写 means 'write', and 入 means 'in', describing writing data into storage.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 寫; 写 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
舄
舄xì寫xiě
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 寫 combines 宀 with 舄 for the sound; this note is about 寫, not the simplified 写.

Open 写 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

Open 入 →
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Computers & Internet

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