接收站 (jiē shōu zhàn) — receiving station; reception station (for signals, data, satellite communications, etc.)

Definition

noun
receiving stationreception station (for signals, data, satellite communications, etc.)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 接收站。
    Zhè ge jiē shōu zhàn kě yǐ jiē shōu lái zì wèi xīng de xìn hào.
    This receiving station can pick up signals from satellites.
  • 接收站。
    Tā men zài shān dǐng jiàn le yí gè xīn de jiē shōu zhàn.
    They built a new receiving station on the mountaintop.
  • 接收站。
    Shù jù tōng guò jiē shōu zhàn chuán huí kòng zhì zhōng xīn.
    The data is transmitted back to the control center via the receiving station.

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shōutake in
联合Side by side
站zhànstation

接收 means to take in, and 站 names the station that does this.

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.

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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.'

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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
立立lì
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn站zhàn
Same sound today

站 has 立 on the left and 占 on the right; 立 relates to standing, and 占 gives the sound.

Open 站 →

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