发生器 (fā shēng qì) — generator | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

generator

Measure word · 台

发生器。
Zhè ge gōng chǎng xīn ān zhuāng le yì tái fā shēng qì.
This factory has newly installed a generator.
发生器。
Shí yàn shì lǐ de qì tǐ fā shēng qì zhèng zài gōng zuò.
The gas generator in the lab is working.
发生器。
Zhè tái fā shēng qì de gōng lǜ hěn dà.
This generator has very high power.

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.

发生produce

联合Coordinate

发生 (produce) and 器 (device) combine to mean a device that produces something.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.

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

生 shows 屮 (a bud) above 一 (the ground), drawing a sprout coming up from the earth.

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

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