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显示器 (xiǎn shì qì) — (computer) monitor, display screen

Definition

显示器 is the physical screen device (a computer monitor/display). Don't confuse it with the verb senses of 监视/监控/监督, which mean 'to watch over / keep under surveillance.'

noun
(computer) monitordisplay screen
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 显示器。
    Zhè tái xiǎn shì qì de fēn biàn lǜ hěn gāo.
    This monitor has a high resolution.
  • 显示器。
    Wǒ zài wǎng shàng mǎi le yì tái xīn xiǎn shì qì.
    I bought a new monitor online.
  • 显示器。
    Qǐng bǎ xiǎn shì qì de liàng dù tiáo dī yì diǎn.
    Please lower the brightness of the monitor a bit.

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.

显示display
显xiǎnshow示shìshow
联合Coordinate
器qìdevice

Display and device combine to name a monitor.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 顯; 显 is its simplified writing.

  • 日日rìsun
  • 絲絲sīsilk
  • 頁頁yèperson's head

For 显, the traditional form 顯 is made of 日 (sun), 絲 (silk), and 頁 (person's head).

Open 显 →

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

示 began as a drawing of an altar. Extra strokes were added to keep it distinct from unrelated old forms.

Open 示 →

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.

Open 器 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Computers & Internet

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