定位器 (dìng wèi qì) — positioner, locator device

Definition

noun

positionerlocator device

Measure word · 个

定位器。
Zhè ge dìng wèi qì kě yǐ bāng nǐ zhǎo dào diū shī de shǒu jī.
This positioner can help you find your lost phone.
定位器。
Gōng chǎng lǐ yòng de dìng wèi qì jīng dù fēi cháng gāo.
The positioner used in the factory has very high precision.
定位器。
Tā dài zhe dìng wèi qì qù le shān lǐ jìn xíng cè liáng.
He took a positioner into the mountains to carry out measurements.

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.

定位fix position

动宾Verb + object

定 and 位 give fixing a position, and 器 gives a 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀mián

Sound part声符shēngfú

正

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

定 is built from 宀 and 正, with 正 supplying the sound.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

立

立lì位wèi

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

位 combines 人 (man), related to people, with 立, which gives the sound. It was often simply written as 立.

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.

Appears in