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录音机 (lù yīn jī) — tape recorder

Definition

noun
tape recorder
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 录音机，。
    Zhè tái lù yīn jī shì lǎo shì de, hái néng yòng.
    This tape recorder is old-fashioned but still works.
  • 录音机。
    Tā yòng lù yīn jī lù xià le nà chǎng jiǎng zuò.
    He recorded that lecture with a tape recorder.
  • 录音机。
    Wǒ xiǎo shí hou jiā lǐ yǒu yì tái lù yīn jī.
    When I was little, there was a tape recorder at home.

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.

录音record sound
录lùrecord音yīnsound
动宾Verb + object
机jīmachine

A 机 machine that performs 录 recording of 音 sound is a recording device.

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.

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.

Open 录 →

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

音 adds a short stroke that seals the mouth-like part, showing a covered or muffled sound rather than speech.

Open 音 →

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
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →
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