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微处理器 (wēi chù lǐ qì) — microprocessor

Definition

noun
microprocessor
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 微处理器。
    Zhè ge wēi chù lǐ qì de sù dù fēi cháng kuài.
    This microprocessor is very fast.
  • 微处理器。
    Xīn de wēi chù lǐ qì ràng shǒu jī gèng shěng diàn.
    The new microprocessor makes phones more energy-efficient.
  • 微处理器。
    wēi chù lǐ qì Jì shù fā zhǎn dé hěn kuài.
    Microprocessor technology is developing rapidly.

Origin

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The old form showed 𡵂 (a variant of 美, a person with long hair) and 攵 (a hand with a tool) splitting or combing hairs, hence minute; 微 later added 彳 to emphasize action.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 處; 处 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
夂夂zhǐ
几几jǐtable
Sound part声符shēngfú
虍
虍hū處chǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 處 pairs 虍, giving the sound, with 夂 and 几, a table, as meaning parts. The simplified 处 is a shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

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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
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
里
里lǐ理lǐ
Same sound today

理 pairs 玉 (jade) with 里, which shows how to say it; the jade part points to the old sense of polishing jade.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

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Appears in
Computers & Internet

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