宽带 (kuān dài) — broadband | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

broadband

Measure word · 条

宽带。
Wǒ men gōng sī tí gōng gāo sù kuān dài fú wù.
Our company provides high-speed broadband service.
宽带。
Xiàn zài hěn duō jiā tíng dōu zhuāng le kuān dài.
Now many households have installed broadband.
宽带，。
Méi yǒu kuān dài, yuǎn chéng bàn gōng hěn bù fāng biàn.
Without broadband, remote work is very inconvenient.

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.

'宽' means wide and '带' means band, so a wide band.

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 寬; 宽 is its simplified writing.

宀萈寬

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánhouse

Sound part声符shēngfú

萈

萈huán寬kuān

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 寬 pairs 宀, a house, with 萈, a goat used for sound, to show a spacious house; the simplified 宽 is a later abbreviation.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 帶; 带 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 帶 was drawn as a woven belt; the simplified 带 is a later shorthand.

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