噪音 (zào yīn) — noise | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

noise

Measure word · 种

Examples

噪音，。
Wài miàn de zào yīn tài dà le, wǒ shuì bù zháo.
The noise outside is too loud; I can't fall asleep.
噪音。
Chéng shì lǐ de zào yīn wū rǎn yuè lái yuè yán zhòng.
Noise pollution in the city is getting more and more serious.
噪音。
Zhè zhǒng jī qì chǎn shēng de zào yīn hěn xiǎo.
This kind of machine produces very little noise.

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.

A noisy sound gives the name for noise.

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.

口喿噪

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

喿

喿zào噪zào

Same sound today

噪 combines 口 (mouth) with 喿, a part read zào and meaning 'to chirp'; the character was originally written just 喿.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

音 adds a short stroke that seals the mouth-like part, showing a covered or muffled sound rather than speech.

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