录入 (lù rù) — to input, to enter (data into a computer or sys… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

录入 means to key data into a system — focused on entering records, text, or info into a computer/database, not a general 'write' or 'record'.

verb

to inputto enter (data into a computer or system)

Examples

录入。
Qǐng bǎ zhè xiē shù jù lù rù dào xì tǒng lǐ.
Please input this data into the system.
录入。
Tā měi tiān lù rù dà liàng de kè hù xìn xī.
He enters a large amount of customer information every day.
录入。
Nǐ kě yǐ yòng jiàn pán lù rù wén zì.
You can input text using the keyboard.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

录lùrecord

录 means record or enter, and 入 shows something going into a system.

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 錄; 录 is its simplified writing.

金彔錄

Meaning part形符xíngfú

金金jīnmetal

Sound part声符shēngfú

彔

彔lù錄lù

Same sound today

The traditional form 錄 combines 金 (metal) with 彔, which gives the sound; the simplified 录 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

Appears in

Computers & Internet

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