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多媒体 (duō méi tǐ) — multimedia

Definition

noun
multimedia

Examples

  • 多媒体。
    Xiàn zài hěn duō gōng sī dōu zài shǐ yòng duō méi tǐ jì shù.
    Many companies now use multimedia technology.
  • 多媒体。
    Zhè ge duō méi tǐ xì tǒng néng dǎ kāi gè zhǒng wén jiàn.
    This multimedia system can open various files.
  • 多媒体，。
    Tā yòng duō méi tǐ zuò le yí gè jiè shào, dà jiā dōu hěn xǐ huan.
    He used multimedia to give a presentation, and everyone liked it.

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.

多duōmany
媒体media
媒méimedium体tǐbody/entity
偏正Modifier + head

多 means many, while 媒体 denotes media, so 多媒体 describes many kinds of media.

Characters in this word

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

多 originally showed two pieces of meat placed together; the repeated meat shape gives the sense of many.

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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
女女nǚwoman
Sound part声符shēngfú
某
某mǒu媒méi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

媒 combines 女, a woman, with 某, which gives it its sound.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
骨骨gǔbone
Sound part声符shēngfú
豊
豊lǐ體tǐ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

Open 体 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 6Computers & InternetTechnology & Engineering

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