显示屏 (xiǎn shì bǐng) — display screen, screen (of an electronic device)

Definition

noun

display screenscreen (of an electronic device)

Measure word · 块

显示屏。
Wǒ de diàn nǎo xiǎn shì bǐng huài le.
My computer screen is broken.
显示屏。
Zhè ge xiǎn shì bǐng de qīng xī dù hěn gāo.
This display screen's resolution is very high.
显示屏。
Qǐng bǎ xiǎn shì bǐng cā gān jìng.
Please wipe the screen clean.

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

联合Coordinate

"显示" (display) specifies "屏" (screen), the screen that displays images.

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.

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

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.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

尸并屏

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

并

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

屏 pairs 尸 with 并, which supplies the sound.

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