控制线 (kòng zhì xiàn) — (technical) control line, control wire (used to transmit signals or power); (in statistics/quality control) control limit, boundary line on a control chart

Definition

noun
(technical) control linecontrol wire (used to transmit signals or power)(in statistics/quality control) control limitboundary line on a control chart
Measure word · 条

Examples

  • 控制线。
    Zhè tiáo kòng zhì xiàn lián jiē le jī qì hé diàn nǎo.
    This control line connects the machine and the computer.
  • ，控制线。
    Zài shēng chǎn guò chéng zhōng, shù jù bù néng chāo guò shàng xià kòng zhì xiàn.
    During production, data must not exceed the upper and lower control limits.
  • 控制线。
    Mó xíng fēi jī de kòng zhì xiàn duàn le yì gēn.
    One of the control lines of the model airplane snapped.

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.

控制control
控kòngcontrol制zhìcontrol
联合Side by side
线xiànline

控制 means control and 线 means line, so together they mean a control line.

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
空
空kōng控kòng
Same sound today

The left part is 手 written as 扌, showing a hand; the right part 空 gives the sound.

Open 控 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

Open 制 →

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 線; 线 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
泉
泉quán線xiàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 線 uses 糹 (silk/thread) to show the meaning and 泉 to suggest the sound; the simplified 线 is a later shorthand.

Open 线 →

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.