带宽 (dài kuān) — bandwidth | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

bandwidth

带宽，。
Zhè ge wǎng zhàn de dài kuān bú gòu, jiā zài sù dù hěn màn.
This website doesn't have enough bandwidth, so the loading speed is very slow.
带宽，。
Gōng sī shēng jí le wǎng luò dài kuān, xiàn zài kě yǐ zhī chí gèng duō yòng hù tóng shí zài xiàn.
The company upgraded its network bandwidth, and now it can support more users online simultaneously.
带宽。
Shì pín huì yì xū yào wěn dìng de dài kuān cái néng bǎo zhèng huà zhì qīng xī.
Video conferencing requires stable bandwidth to ensure clear picture quality.

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.

The 带 (band) and 宽 (width) name the range of a signal band.

Characters in this word

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.

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.

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