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可塑性 (kě sù xìng) — plasticity (ability to be molded or shaped; also used for brain plasticity)

Definition

Plasticity: the ability of a material or the brain to be shaped, molded, or to adapt. In science writing it refers both to physical moldability and to neural plasticity (e.g., 大脑的可塑性).

noun
plasticity (ability to be molded or shaped; also used for brain plasticity)

Examples

  • 可塑性。
    Jīn shǔ de kě sù xìng shǐ qí néng gòu bèi jiā gōng chéng gè zhǒng xíng zhuàng.
    The plasticity of metals allows them to be processed into various shapes.
  • 可塑性。
    Dà nǎo de kě sù xìng zài ér tóng shí qī zuì qiáng.
    The plasticity of the brain is strongest in childhood.
  • 可塑性，。
    Zhè zhǒng cái liào de kě sù xìng hěn hǎo, shì hé zuò mó xíng.
    This material has good plasticity, suitable for making models.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

可塑moldable
可kěcan塑sùmold
前缀Prefix
性xìngproperty

可 (can) and 塑 (mold) express being moldable, and 性 is the quality of being so.

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.

Open 可 →

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
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
朔
朔shuò塑sù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

塑 pairs 土 (earth) with 朔, which gives the sound.

Open 塑 →

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
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

Open 性 →
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