变频器 (biàn pín qì) — (noun) frequency converter; inverter (electrical device that converts fixed-frequency power to variable-frequency power)

Definition

noun
frequency converterinverter (electrical device that converts fixed-frequency power to variable-frequency power)
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 变频器。
    Zhè ge biàn pín qì kě yǐ ràng diàn jī yùn xíng dé gèng píng wěn.
    This frequency converter can make the motor run more smoothly.
  • 变频器。
    Wǒ men gōng sī yòng le hěn duō xīn xíng biàn pín qì.
    Our company uses many new-type frequency converters.
  • 变频器。
    Ān zhuāng biàn pín qì zhī qián yào zǐ xì yuè dú shuō míng shū.
    Before installing the frequency converter, read the manual carefully.

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.

变频change frequency
变biànchange频pínfrequency
动宾Verb + object
器qìdevice

变频 covers changing frequency, and 器 is the device that does it.

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 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 頻; 频 is its simplified writing.

For 频, the traditional form 頻 came from an older form showing a person near water and meaning 'on the verge'; one part was later removed to mark the 'frequent' use.

Open 频 →

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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