大功率 (dà gōng lǜ) — high power (electrical)

Definition

noun
high power (electrical)

Examples

  • 大功率。
    Zhè tái jī qì de dà gōng lǜ hěn gāo.
    This machine has high power.
  • 大功率。
    Wǒ men xū yào yí gè dà gōng lǜ gèng dà de fā diàn jī.
    We need a generator with even higher power.
  • 大功率。
    Zhè zhǒng dà gōng lǜ de diàn qì hào diàn hěn kuài.
    This type of high-power appliance consumes electricity quickly.

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.

大dàlarge
功率work rate
功gōngwork率lǜrate
偏正Modifier + head

It pairs 大 with 功率, the rate of 功, to mean high electrical power.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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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
力力lìstrength
Sound part声符shēngfú
工
工gōng功gōng
Same sound today

功 puts 力 (strength) beside 工, which gives the sound gōng and means labour or work.

Open 功 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

率 was drawn as a bird-catching net, with a stick above and below. In the form described, the lower horizontal stroke is missing, so the whole shape represents a rope.

Open 率 →

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