比特 (bǐ tè) — bit (unit of information)

Definition

noun

bit (unit of information)

Examples

比特。
Yí gè bǐ tè shì jì suàn jī xìn xī de zuì xiǎo dān wèi.
A bit is the smallest unit of computer information.
比特。
Zhè duàn shù jù yǒu bā gè bǐ tè.
This data has eight bits.
64比特。
Zhè ge chéng xù yòng 64 gè bǐ tè biǎo shì yí gè shù zì.
This program uses 64 bits to represent a number.

Origin

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

比bǐ

特tè

The characters 比特 carry no meaning of their own; the word spells the English unit bit.

Sound-only characters

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

匕匕bǐ
匕匕bǐ

比 is two 匕 placed side by side. Chu Wan-li treats both as sound parts, while an old reading takes the side-by-side arrangement as putting things next to each other.

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

牛寺特

Meaning part形符xíngfú

牛牛niúox

Sound part声符shēngfú

寺

寺sì特tè

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

The shape combines 牛 (ox) with 寺, which gives the pronunciation; it originally meant a large bull.

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