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数据库 (shù jù kù) — database

Definition

数据库 is the organized storage system itself (a file, server, or program) — not the contents. The contents inside it are 数据 ('data').

noun
database
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 数据库。
    Gōng sī jiàn lì le yí gè xīn shù jù kù lái bǎo cún kè hù xìn xī.
    The company set up a new database to store customer information.
  • 数据库。
    Qǐng nǐ cóng shù jù kù lǐ chá yí xià qù nián de shù jù.
    Please look up last year's data from the database.
  • 数据库，。
    Zhè ge shù jù kù měi gè yuè yào bèi fèn yí cì, bì miǎn shù jù diū shī.
    This database needs to be backed up every month to avoid data loss.

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jùbasis
联合Coordinate
库kùwarehouse

数据 means data and 库 means warehouse, so together they name a store for 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 →

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 庫; 库 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎngbuilding
Sound part声符shēngfú
車
車jū庫kù
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 庫 pairs 广 (building) with 車 (sound); the building part points to a storehouse. The simplified 库 is a later shorthand.

Open 库 →
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