接收器 (jiē shōu qì) — receiver (device that receives signals)

Definition

noun
receiver (device that receives signals)
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 接收器。
    Zhè ge jiē shōu qì kě yǐ jiē shōu wèi xīng xìn hào.
    This receiver can receive satellite signals.
  • 接收器，。
    Diàn huà de jiē shōu qì huài le, tīng bú dào shēng yīn.
    The telephone receiver is broken; I can't hear anything.
  • 接收器。
    Wú xiàn diàn jiē shōu qì yòng yú jiē shōu guǎng bō jié mù.
    The radio receiver is used to receive broadcast programs.

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.

接收receive
接jiēreceive收shōucollect
联合Side by side
器qìdevice

接 and 收 mean receive, and 器 is a device, so it is a receiving device.

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shǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
妾
妾qiè接jiē
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 扌 shows a hand, matching the sense of receiving something in the hand, while 妾 gives the character its sound.

Open 接 →

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
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū收shōu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

收 uses 攴 to show an action and 丩 as a sound clue; the old meaning was 'to arrest.'

Open 收 →

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.

Open 器 →
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