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可信度 (kě xìn dù) — credibility; degree of trustworthiness

Definition

noun
credibilitydegree of trustworthiness

Examples

  • 可信度。
    Zhè ge shù jù de kě xìn dù hěn gāo.
    The credibility of this data is very high.
  • 可信度。
    Wǒ men xū yào tí gāo chǎn pǐn de kě xìn dù.
    We need to improve the trustworthiness of the product.
  • 可信度。
    Diào chá xiǎn shì zhè jiā gōng sī de kě xìn dù hěn dī.
    The survey shows that this company's credibility is very low.

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.

可信believable
可kěcan信xìntrust
偏正Modifier + head
度dùdegree

“可” means can, “信” means trust, “度” means degree; together the degree of trust.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
丂
丂kǎo可kě
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

可 pairs 口 (mouth) with 丂 as a sound part; it is tied to air from the mouth, perhaps singing.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánwords
Sound part声符shēngfú
人
人rén信xìn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

信 pairs 人 as the sound part with 言 (words) as the meaning part.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
又又yòuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
石
石shí度dù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

度 has 又 (hand) and a changed form of 石; 石 gives a related sound, and the hand is tied to using the hand as a reference for measurement.

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