对话框 (duì huà kuàng) — dialog box (computing)

Definition

noun
dialog box (computing)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 对话框。
    Qǐng xiān dǎ kāi duì huà kuàng.
    Please open the dialog box first.
  • 对话框。
    Qǐng zài duì huà kuàng zhōng shū rù nǐ de yòng hù míng.
    Please enter your username in the dialog box.
  • 对话框“”。
    Diǎn jī duì huà kuàng shàng de "què dìng" àn niǔ.
    Click the "OK" button on the dialog box.

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.

对话dialogue
对duìmutual话huàspeech
偏正Modifier + head
框kuàngbox

对话 (dialogue) and 框 (box) combine to name a dialog box.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 對; 对 is its simplified writing.

For the traditional form 對, the shape comes from an early drawing of 丵 (a digging tool), 土 (earth), and 又 (a hand); it may have meant developing land.

Open 对 →

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 話; 话 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánword
Sound part声符shēngfú
𠯑
𠯑𠯑話huà
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 話, 言 relates to words and 𠯑 gives the sound; the simplified 话 is a shorthand, so its right side is not that sound part.

Open 话 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 框 →

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