初始化 (chū shǐ huā) — to initialize (in computing)

Definition

verb
to initialize (in computing)

Examples

  • 初始化。
    Xì tǒng qǐ dòng shí xū yào chū shǐ huā suǒ yǒu yìng jiàn.
    When the system starts, it needs to initialize all hardware.
  • 初始化,。
    Qǐng xiān chū shǐ huā zhè ge chéng xù, rán hòu zài yùn xíng.
    Please initialize this program first, then run it.
  • ,初始化。
    Ān zhuāng wán chéng hòu, nǐ bì xū chū shǐ huā shù jù kù.
    After installation, you must initialize the database.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

初始initial
初chūfirst始shǐbegin
联合Coordinate
化huàturn into

初始 ('first/beginning') plus 化 ('turn into') gives the idea of setting something to its starting state.

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

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.

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