参照物 (cān zhào wù) — reference object, frame of reference (the thing…

Definition

A reference object: a chosen thing used as a baseline for comparison or measurement, so motion or position is judged relative to it.

noun

reference objectframe of reference (the thing used as a basis for comparison or measurement)

Examples

，参照物。
Pàn duàn wù tǐ shì fǒu yùn dòng, xū yào xuǎn zé yí gè cān zhào wù.
To judge whether an object is moving, you need to choose a reference object.
参照物，。
Yǐ dì miàn wèi cān zhào wù, tài yáng shì yùn dòng de.
With the ground as the reference object, the sun is moving.
参照物。
Zhè ge shí yàn xū yào yí gè gù dìng de cān zhào wù.
This experiment needs a fixed reference object.

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.

参照refer to

参cānconsult照zhàocompare

联合Side by side

物wùobject

“参” and “照” together mean to consult or compare, and “物” denotes a thing, forming a reference object.

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.

晶晶jīngstars
光光guānglight; brightness
彡彡shānlight rays

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.

Open 参 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

灬昭照

Meaning part形符xíngfú

灬Written in full as火huǒfire

Sound part声符shēngfú

昭

昭zhāo照zhào

Same sound today

照 uses 灬, a bottom form of 火 (fire), plus 昭 for the sound.

Open 照 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.