控制者 (kòng zhì zhě) — controller; one who controls

Definition

noun
controllerone who controls
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 控制者。
    Zhè ge xì tǒng de kòng zhì zhě shì yí gè jīng yàn fēng fù de gōng chéng shī.
    The controller of this system is an experienced engineer.
  • 控制者,。
    Zuò wéi xiàng mù de kòng zhì zhě, tā bì xū zuò chū suǒ yǒu guān jiàn jué dìng.
    As the controller of the project, he must make all key decisions.
  • ,控制者。
    Zài shí yàn zhōng, kòng zhì zhě fù zé tiáo jié wēn dù hé yā lì.
    In the experiment, the controller is responsible for adjusting temperature and pressure.

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.

控制control
控kòngcontrol制zhìregulate
联合Side by side
者zhěone who

控制, controlling, and 者, one who, form the idea of a controller.

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 →

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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