接收者 (jiē shōu zhě) — receiver (person or device that receives signals, messages, etc.)

Definition

noun
receiver (person or device that receives signals, messages, etc.)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 接收者。
    Tā shì zhè cì bǐ sài huò jiǎng xìn xī de dì yī gè jiē shōu zhě.
    He was the first receiver of the award information for this competition.
  • 接收者。
    Wú xiàn diàn jiē shōu zhě xū yào tiáo zhěng pín lǜ cái néng shōu dào qīng xī de xìn hào.
    The radio receiver needs to adjust the frequency to receive a clear signal.
  • ,接收者。
    Zài tōng xìn xì tǒng zhōng, fā sòng zhě hé jiē shōu zhě zhī jiān bì xū bǎo chí tóng bù.
    In a communication system, the sender and receiver must maintain synchronization.

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.

接收receive
接jiēreceive收shōureceive
联合Side by side
者zhěone who

接收, receiving, and 者, one who, form the idea of a receiver.

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 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.

Open 者 →

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