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工作站 (gōng zuò zhàn) — workstation

Definition

noun
workstation
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 工作站。
    Tā de gōng zuò zhàn shàng yǒu yì tái diàn nǎo hé hěn duō wén jiàn.
    There is a computer and many files on his workstation.
  • 工作站。
    Gōng sī wèi měi gè yuán gōng pèi bèi le yí gè xīn de gōng zuò zhàn.
    The company equipped every employee with a new workstation.
  • 工作站。
    Zhè ge shí yàn shì de gōng zuò zhàn dōu lián jiē le gāo sù wǎng luò.
    All workstations in this lab are connected to high-speed internet.

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.

工作work
工gōngwork作zuòdo
联合Coordinate
站zhànstation

工作 gives the idea of labor or duty, and 站 names the place where it is carried out.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 工 is a picture of a bladed tool used to plow ground or mark a border; some read it as a carpenter's square.

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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
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
乍
乍zhà作zuò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 亻 comes from 人, meaning 'person', and the right side 乍 gives the sound.

Open 作 →

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
立立lì
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn站zhàn
Same sound today

站 has 立 on the left and 占 on the right; 立 relates to standing, and 占 gives the sound.

Open 站 →
Appears in
Computers & InternetWorkplace & Office

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