投影仪 (tóu yǐng yí) — projector

Definition

noun
projector
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 投影仪，。
    Jiào shì lǐ de tóu yǐng yí huài le, jīn tiān méi fǎ fàng diàn yǐng.
    The projector in the classroom is broken, so we can't show the movie today.
  • 投影仪，。
    Gōng sī mǎi le jǐ tái xīn tóu yǐng yí, kāi huì shí yòng.
    The company bought several new projectors to use during meetings.
  • 投影仪。
    Yòng tóu yǐng yí bǎ tú piàn tóu dào qiáng shàng huì gèng qīng chǔ.
    Projecting the image onto the wall with a projector will make it clearer.

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.

投影project an image
投tóucast影yǐngimage
动宾Verb + object
仪yídevice

投影 means cast an image and 仪 means device, so it is a device that projects images.

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

The left part 扌 shows a hand, and the right part 殳 gives the sound of the character.

Open 投 →

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
彡彡shān
Sound part声符shēngfú
景
景jǐng影yǐng
Same sound today

影 pairs 景, which gives the sound and also carries the idea of image, with 彡, the part that points to shadow.

Open 影 →

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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