初始值 (chū shǐ zhí) — initial value

Definition

noun
initial value

Examples

  • ，初始值。
    Zài chéng xù zhōng, wǒ men xū yào shè zhì chū shǐ zhí.
    In the program, we need to set the initial value.
  • 初始值。
    Zhè ge biàn liàng de chū shǐ zhí shì líng.
    The initial value of this variable is zero.
  • 初始值100。
    Tā bǎ chū shǐ zhí gǎi chéng le 100.
    He changed the initial value to 100.

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.

初始beginning
初chūinitial始shǐbeginning
联合Side by side
值zhívalue

初始值 is the 值 at the 初始, the starting point.

Characters in this word

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

初 combines 衤 (clothes) and 刀 (knife), showing the start of making clothes by cutting cloth.

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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
女女nǚwoman
Sound part声符shēngfú
台
台tái始shǐ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

始 is made of 女 (woman) and 台, which gives the sound.

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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
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
直
直zhí值zhí
Same sound today

值 is made from 亻 (written in full as 人, a person) and 直, with 直 giving the sound.

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