生成器 (shēng chéng qì) — generator (a component that produces or generat…

Definition

noun

generator (a component that produces or generates something, e.g., code, data, or electricity)

Measure word · 个

生成器。
Zhè ge dài mǎ shēng chéng qì kě yǐ zì dòng chuàng jiàn wǎng yè mú bǎn.
This code generator can automatically create web page templates.
生成器。
Wǒ men xū yào yí gè gèng qiáng de shēng chéng qì lái gěi zhěng gè gōng chǎng gōng diàn.
We need a stronger generator to supply power to the entire factory.
生成器。
Bào biǎo shēng chéng qì néng bāng wǒ men kuài sù shēng chéng yuè dù shù jù.
The report generator can help us quickly produce monthly data.

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.

生成generate

补充Verb + complement

生成 means produce or form, and 器 means device, so a device that generates.

Characters in this word

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

生 shows 屮 (a bud) above 一 (the ground), drawing a sprout coming up from the earth.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

丁dīng成chéng

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

成 puts 戊, a weapon, beside 丁, which gives the sound. The weapon part relates to protection, as in the old sense of city walls.

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.