数据包 (shù jù bāo) — data packet

Definition

noun
data packet
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • ,数据包。
    Wǎng luò chuán shū zhōng, shù jù bāo de dà xiǎo huì yǐng xiǎng sù dù.
    The size of the data packet affects the speed during network transmission.
  • 数据包。
    Qǐng jiǎn chá zhè ge shù jù bāo shì fǒu wán zhěng.
    Please check whether this data packet is complete.
  • 数据包。
    Lù yóu qì měi fēn zhōng chǔ lǐ dà liàng shù jù bāo.
    The router processes a large number of data packets every minute.

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.

数据data
数shùnumber据jùevidence/basis
偏正Modifier + head
包bāopacket

数据 (data) describes 包 (packet), naming a packet of data.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 數; 数 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
婁
婁lóu數shù(r)
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 數 pairs 攴, the meaning part, with 婁, the sound part; the simplified 数 is a shorthand.

Open 数 →

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
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
居
居jū据jù
Same sound today

据 uses 手 (hand) as one part and 居 to give the sound.

Open 据 →

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

The shape of 包 pictures a fetus in a womb, or a baby wrapped in cloth.

Open 包 →

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