分光仪 (fēn guāng yí) — spectrometer (optical instrument for measuring spectra)

Definition

noun
spectrometer (optical instrument for measuring spectra)
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 分光仪。
    Tā yòng fēn guāng yí fēn xī le zhè zhǒng wù zhì de guāng pǔ.
    He used a spectrometer to analyze the spectrum of this substance.
  • 分光仪。
    Zhè tái fēn guāng yí de jīng dù fēi cháng gāo.
    The precision of this spectrometer is very high.
  • 分光仪。
    Kē xué jiā yòng fēn guāng yí guān cè héng xīng de chéng fèn.
    Scientists use a spectrometer to observe the composition of stars.

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.

分光split light
分fēnsplit光guānglight
动宾Verb + object
仪yíinstrument

分光 shows splitting light, and 仪 shows an instrument, giving a spectrometer.

Characters in this word

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

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

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

  • 火火huǒfire
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

The shape 光 places 火 (fire) above 卩 (a kneeling person), showing fire over the head and the shining of light.

Open 光 →

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 儀; 仪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
義
義yì儀yí
Same sound today

In the traditional form 儀, the left part 亻 shows a person, and the right part 義 supplies the sound. This description is about 儀, not the simplified 仪.

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