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技术性 (jì shù xìng) — technical nature, technicality (of a task, project, or field)

Definition

noun
technical naturetechnicality (of a task, project, or field)

Examples

  • 技术性。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù de jì shù xìng hěn gāo.
    This project is highly technical.
  • 技术性。
    Zhè xiàng rèn wu de jì shù xìng fēi cháng qiáng.
    This task has a very strong technical nature.
  • 技术性。
    Wǒ men xū yào píng gū fāng àn de jì shù xìng.
    We need to evaluate the technical aspects of the plan.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

技术technology
技jìskill术shùtechnique
联合Coordinate
性xìngnature

技术 means skill and technique, and 性 adds the sense of nature or quality.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
支
支zhī技jì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

技 pairs 扌 (hand) with 支, which gives the sound. The hand part fits the idea of skill or ability done with the hands.

Open 技 →

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 術; 术 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
行行xíngstreet, path
Sound part声符shēngfú
朮
朮zhú術shù
Same sound today

The traditional form 術 has 行 (street, path) beside 朮, which gives the sound; the simplified 术 is a later shorthand.

Open 术 →

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
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

Open 性 →
Appears in
Technology & Engineering

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