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变压器 (biàn yā qì) — transformer (electrical device)

Definition

noun
transformer (electrical device)
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 变压器。
    Zhè ge biàn yā qì yòng yú gǎi biàn diàn yā.
    This transformer is used to change voltage.
  • 变压器。
    Gōng chǎng lǐ yǒu yì tái dà xíng biàn yā qì.
    There is a large transformer in the factory.
  • 变压器。
    Diàn lì gōng sī yòng biàn yā qì bǎ diàn shū dào gè gè chéng shì.
    The power company uses transformers to transmit electricity to various cities.

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.

变压change voltage
变biànchange压yāvoltage
动宾Verb + object
器qìdevice

变压 means changing voltage, and 器 is a device.

Characters in this word

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 變; 变 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
䜌
䜌䜌變biàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 變 uses 䜌 as a sound part and 攴 as a meaning part.

Open 变 →

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 壓; 压 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔdust
Sound part声符shēngfú
厭
厭yàn壓yā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 壓 is built from 土, dust, and 厭, which gives the sound; 压 is the simplified form of 壓.

Open 压 →

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.

Open 器 →
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Energy & PowerTechnology & Engineering

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