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扫描仪 (sǎo miáo yí) — scanner (device)

Definition

noun
scanner (device)
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 扫描仪。
    Qǐng yòng sǎo miáo yí bǎ zhè fèn hé tong sǎo yí xià.
    Please scan this contract with the scanner.
  • 扫描仪。
    Zhè tái sǎo miáo yí kě yǐ sǎo miáo zhào piàn hé wén jiàn.
    This scanner can scan photos and documents.
  • 扫描仪，。
    Bàn gōng shì de sǎo miáo yí huài le, xū yào xiū lǐ.
    The scanner in the office is broken and needs repair.

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.

扫描scan
扫sǎosweep描miáotrace
联合Coordinate
仪yíinstrument

扫 means sweep and 描 means trace, so 扫描仪 names the instrument for sweeping and tracing.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 掃; 扫 is its simplified writing.

The form 掃 draws a hand with a broomstick, the thing used for sweeping.

Open 扫 →

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
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
苗
苗miáo描miáo
Same sound today

The hand part 手 is on the left, showing the action is done with the hand. The right part 苗 gives the sound.

Open 描 →

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 儀; 仪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
義
義yì儀yí
Same sound today

In the traditional form 儀, the left part 亻 shows a person, and the right part 義 supplies the sound. This description is about 儀, not the simplified 仪.

Open 仪 →
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