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参数 (cān shù) — parameter

Definition

noun
parameter
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 参数。
    Zhè ge hán shù xū yào liǎng gè cān shù.
    This function requires two parameters.
  • 参数。
    Shí yàn de cān shù shè zhì xū yào zǐ xì jiǎn chá.
    The parameter settings of the experiment need careful checking.
  • 参数。
    Tā tiáo zhěng le mó xíng de cān shù yǐ dá dào zuì jiā xiào guǒ.
    He adjusted the model's parameters to achieve the best results.

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.

参cānparticipation
数shùnumber

参 suggests participation and 数 means number, together naming a parameter.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 參; 参 is its simplified writing.

For simplified 参, the story belongs to traditional 參, which combines 晶 (stars), 光 (light), and 彡 (rays) to show the Three Stars; one reading takes 光 as a kneeling person looking up.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 數; 数 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
婁
婁lóu數shù(r)
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 數 pairs 攴, the meaning part, with 婁, the sound part; the simplified 数 is a shorthand.

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Appears in
Math

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