广角镜头 (guǎng jiǎo jìng tóu) — wide-angle lens

Definition

noun
wide-angle lens

Examples

  • ，广角镜头。
    Pāi fēng jǐng de shí hou, wǒ xǐ huan yòng guǎng jiǎo jìng tóu.
    I like to use a wide-angle lens when taking landscape photos.
  • 广角镜头，。
    Zhè zhī guǎng jiǎo jìng tóu de shì jiǎo hěn guǎng, néng pāi xià zhěng gè fáng jiān.
    This wide-angle lens has a very wide angle of view; it can capture the whole room.
  • 广角镜头，。
    Tā mǎi le yì zhī xīn de guǎng jiǎo jìng tóu, zhǔn bèi qù lǚ xíng pāi zhào.
    He bought a new wide-angle lens and plans to take photos on his trip.

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.

广角wide angle
广guǎngwide角jiǎoangle
偏正Modifier + head
镜头lens
镜jìnglens头tóupart
偏正Modifier + head

广角 means wide angle, and 镜头 is the lens part of a camera.

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 廣; 广 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎng
Sound part声符shēngfú
黃
黃huáng廣guǎng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 廣 combines 广 (meaning part) with 黃 (sound part); the simplified 广 is a later shorthand, not the full historical shape.

Open 广 →

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

The form 角 is a picture of a horn.

Open 角 →

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 鏡; 镜 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
竟
竟jìng鏡jìng
Same sound today

The traditional form 鏡 puts 金, metal, next to 竟 to give the sound. The simplified 镜 is a later shorthand.

Open 镜 →

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 頭; 头 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yèhead
Sound part声符shēngfú
豆
豆dòu頭tóu
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 頭 shows 頁, meaning head, beside 豆 as a sound component; the simplified 头 is a later shorthand.

Open 头 →

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