数据表 (shù jù biǎo) — data table; spreadsheet

Definition

noun

data tablespreadsheet

Measure word · 张

数据表。
Nǐ bǎ zhè fèn shù jù biǎo tián yí xià.
Please fill in this data table.
数据表。
Wǒ men xū yào jiàn lì yí gè shù jù biǎo lái jì lù xiāo shòu qíng kuàng.
We need to create a data table to record sales.
数据表。
Zhè ge ruǎn jiàn kě yǐ zì dòng shēng chéng shù jù biǎo.
This software can automatically generate data tables.

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

偏正Modifier + head

数据 means data and 表 means a table, so 数据表 is a table that holds 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.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

居

Same sound today

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

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

The shape 表 pairs 衣 (garment) with 毛 (hair or feather), originally an outer garment.