流程图 (liú chéng tú) — flowchart; flow diagram

Definition

noun
flowchartflow diagram
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 流程图。
    Zhè ge liú chéng tú hěn qīng chǔ dì shuō míng le gōng zuò bù zhòu.
    This flowchart clearly explains the work steps.
  • 流程图，。
    Huà liú chéng tú zhī qián, nǐ yào xiān xiǎng hǎo měi gè huán jié.
    Before drawing a flowchart, you need to think through each step.
  • 流程图。
    Tā men yòng liú chéng tú lái fēn xī shēng chǎn liú chéng.
    They use a flowchart to analyze the production process.

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.

流程flow process
流liúflow程chéngcourse
偏正Modifier + head
图túdiagram

A diagram of a flow process shows steps as a chart.

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
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
㐬
㐬㐬流liú
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

流 has 水, water, and 㐬, which gives the sound. The water part matches meanings such as flow.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
禾禾hégrain
Sound part声符shēngfú
呈
呈chéng程chéng
Same sound today

程 is made from 禾 (grain) and 呈 (pronounced chéng); the evidence gives measurements.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 圖; 图 is its simplified writing.

  • 囗囗wéiwalled city
  • 啚啚bǐ

The traditional form 圖 pairs 囗, a walled city, with 啚, an early form meaning remote areas or territory. The simplified 图 is a later abbreviation.

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