整流器 (zhěng liú qì) — rectifier (electronic device that converts AC t…

Definition

A rectifier (电子/电气 component) converts alternating current (AC) into direct current (DC).

noun

rectifier (electronic device that converts AC to DC)

Measure word · 个

整流器。
Zhè ge zhěng liú qì kě yǐ bǎ jiāo liú diàn biàn chéng zhí liú diàn.
This rectifier can convert AC to DC.
整流器。
Diàn nǎo de diàn yuán lǐ yǒu yí gè zhěng liú qì.
There is a rectifier inside the computer's power supply.
整流器。
Gōng chéng shī zhèng zài cè shì xīn de zhěng liú qì.
The engineer is testing the new rectifier.

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.

整流rectification

动宾Verb + object

"整流" (straighten flow) plus "器" (device) names a device that makes current uniform.

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.

敕正整

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

正

Same sound today

整 pairs 敕 as the meaning side with 正 as the sound side.

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

㐬

㐬㐬流liú

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

流 has 水, water, and 㐬, which gives the sound. The water part matches meanings such as flow.

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.