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模拟器 (mó nǐ qì) — emulator

Definition

noun
emulator
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 模拟器。
    Zhè ge mó nǐ qì kě yǐ yùn xíng lǎo yóu xì.
    This emulator can run old games.
  • 模拟器。
    Tā yòng mó nǐ qì cè shì le xīn de ruǎn jiàn.
    He tested the new software with an emulator.
  • 模拟器。
    Wǒ xià zài le yí gè ān zhuó mó nǐ qì.
    I downloaded an Android emulator.

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.

模拟simulate; imitate
模mómodel; pattern拟nǐimitate
联合Coordinate
器qìdevice

模拟 joins 模, model or pattern, with 拟, imitate, and 器 names the device that carries out the imitation.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
莫
莫mò模mó
Same sound today

The left part 木 is tree; the right part 莫 gives the sound.

Open 模 →

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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
以
以yǐ拟nǐ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

拟 is made of 扌 (hand) and 以. The 扌 side is the hand part, and 以 gives the sound.

Open 拟 →

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 →
Appears in
Computers & InternetTechnology & Engineering

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