搜索引擎 (sōu suǒ yǐn qíng) — search engine

Definition

noun

search engine

搜索引擎。
Wǒ cháng yòng sōu suǒ yǐn qíng chá zhǎo xué xí zī liào.
I often use a search engine to find study materials.
搜索引擎。
Zhè ge sōu suǒ yǐn qíng de sōu suǒ jié guǒ hěn zhǔn què.
This search engine's search results are very accurate.
搜索引擎。
Nǐ kě yǐ zài sōu suǒ yǐn qíng shàng shū rù guān jiàn cí.
You can enter keywords on a search engine.

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.

搜索search

联合Coordinate

引擎engine

搜索引擎 pairs 搜索, meaning search, with 引擎, a loanword spelling engine, where 引 and 擎 do not carry meaning here.

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.

扌叟搜

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

叟

Same sound today

The left 扌 is a hand. The right 叟 gives the sound and originally pictured a hand holding a torch indoors, related to searching.

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

索 combines 糸 (thread) and 𣎳 (stripping fibres from a hemp stalk), showing threads or rope being pulled out from a fabric.

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

引 is made from 弓, a bow, and 丿, a short slant stroke added at the place where the string is pulled, marking the action of drawing or pulling.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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