启动器 (qǐ dòng qì) — (noun) starter (device that starts an engine or…

Definition

noun

starter (device that starts an engine or machine)launcher (software that starts other programs)

Measure word · 个

启动器，。
Zhè ge qì chē de qǐ dòng qì huài le, xū yào huàn yí gè xīn de.
The starter of this car is broken and needs to be replaced with a new one.
启动器。
Nǐ kě yǐ zài shǒu jī shàng xià zài yí gè yìng yòng qǐ dòng qì.
You can download an app launcher on your phone.
启动器，。
Diàn nǎo de qǐ dòng qì chéng xù chū le wèn tí, wú fǎ kāi jī.
The computer's launcher program has a problem and cannot start up.

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.

启动start

启qǐinitiate动dòngactivate

联合Side by side

启动 starts something, and 器 names the device that does it.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 啟; 启 is its simplified writing.

For 启, the traditional form 啟 comes from an earlier shape with 戶 (door) and 又 (hand), showing a hand opening a door.

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 動; 动 is its simplified writing.

重力動

Meaning part形符xíngfú

力力lìstrength

Sound part声符shēngfú

重

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 動 uses 力 (strength) and 重 as a sound part; 重 refers to a heavy bag ready to be moved by a human. This note is about 動, not 动.

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.