放大器 (fàng dà qì) — amplifier (electronic)

Definition

noun

amplifier (electronic)

Measure word · 个

放大器。
Zhè ge fàng dà qì kě yǐ bǎ shēng yīn xìn hào fàng dà.
This amplifier can amplify audio signals.
放大器。
Wǒ mǎi le yí gè xīn de fàng dà qì lái gǎi shàn yīn zhì.
I bought a new amplifier to improve sound quality.
放大器。
Gōng lǜ fàng dà qì guǎng fàn yìng yòng yú tōng xìn shè bèi zhōng.
Power amplifiers are widely used in communication equipment.

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.

放大make larger

补充Verb + complement

放大 means make larger, with 放 spreading and 大 big, and 器 is a device.

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.

方攵放

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攵Written in full as攴pūhand, action

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

Same sound today

放 uses 方 for its sound and 攵, a hand/action part, to mark an action of release.

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

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.