感受器 (gǎn shòu qì) — receptor(s) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

receptor(s)

感受器。
Pí fū shàng de gǎn shòu qì kě yǐ gǎn zhī wēn dù.
Receptors on the skin can sense temperature.
感受器。
Zhè zhǒng gǎn shòu qì duì guāng xiàn fēi cháng mǐn gǎn.
This type of receptor is very sensitive to light.
感受器。
Xiù jué gǎn shòu qì wèi yú bí qiāng nèi.
Olfactory receptors are located inside the nasal cavity.

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.

感受

联合Coordinate

器qìinstrument

感 and 受 give feeling and receiving, and 器 is an instrument, so it names a receptor.

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.

咸心感

Meaning part形符xíngfú

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

咸

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

感 pairs 咸, which gives the sound, with 心, the heart, for feeling.

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

受 possibly combines 爪 and 又 as hands with 舟 as a boat, to show handing something over.

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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