条形码 (tiáo xíng mǎ) — bar code | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

bar code

Measure word · 个

Examples

条形码。
Mǎi dōng xī qián qǐng xiān sǎo miáo shāng pǐn shàng de tiáo xíng mǎ.
Before buying things, please scan the barcode on the product first.
条形码，。
Shōu yín yuán yòng jī qì dú qǔ tiáo xíng mǎ, hěn kuài jiù suàn hǎo le jià gé.
The cashier uses a machine to read the barcode and quickly calculates the price.
条形码。
Yòng shǒu jī sǎo miáo tiáo xíng mǎ kě yǐ chá kàn shāng pǐn xìn xī.
You can scan the barcode with your phone to check product information.

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.

条形bar-shaped

条tiáostrip形xíngshape

偏正Modifier + head

码mǎcode

条形 gives bar-shaped and 码 gives code, yielding a bar-shaped code.

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 條; 条 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mù

Sound part声符shēngfú

攸

攸yōu條tiáo

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

The traditional form 條 pairs 木, a small branch or stick, with 攸, which shows a person warned by a hand holding a stick, as a sound part; 条 is a later shortened shape.

Open 条 →

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

彡彡shān

Sound part声符shēngfú

井

井jǐng形xíng

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

形 is made from 彡 and 井, with 井 providing the sound.

Open 形 →

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 碼; 码 is its simplified writing.