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处理器 (chǔ lǐ qì) — processor (computer)

Definition

noun
processor (computer)
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 处理器。
    Zhè tái diàn nǎo de chǔ lǐ qì sù dù hěn kuài.
    This computer's processor is very fast.
  • 处理器。
    Xīn de chǔ lǐ qì kě yǐ chǔ lǐ dà liàng shù jù.
    The new processor can handle large amounts of data.
  • 处理器。
    Wǒ xū yào gěi wǒ de diàn nǎo mǎi yí gè gèng kuài de chǔ lǐ qì.
    I need to buy a faster processor for my computer.

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.

处理process
处chùhandle理lǐmanage
联合Coordinate
器qìdevice

处理 means to process, and 器 names a device, so together they mean a processing device.

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 處; 处 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
夂夂zhǐ
几几jǐtable
Sound part声符shēngfú
虍
虍hū處chǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 處 pairs 虍, giving the sound, with 夂 and 几, a table, as meaning parts. The simplified 处 is a shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

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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
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
里
里lǐ理lǐ
Same sound today

理 pairs 玉 (jade) with 里, which shows how to say it; the jade part points to the old sense of polishing jade.

Open 理 →

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 →
Appears in
Computers & Internet

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