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登录 (dēng lù) — to log in

Definition

登录 (dēnglù) is the standard term for 'logging in' to a website, app, or computer system. 登陆 is a common mistaken variant for this meaning — 登陆 really means 'to land' (on shore).

verb
to log in
Easily confused

Examples

  • 登录。
    Qǐng yòng nǐ de zhàng hào dēng lù.
    Please log in with your account.
  • 登录。
    Wǒ dēng lù le sān cì cái chéng gōng.
    I logged in three times before succeeding.
  • 登录。
    Zhè ge wǎng zhàn xū yào xiān dēng lù cái néng kàn.
    You need to log in first to view this website.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

登dēngregister
录lùrecord

登 carries the sense of registering, and 录 carries the sense of recording; together they express putting a user's record into a system.

Characters in this word

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

  • 癶癶bōleft and right feet
  • 豆豆dòupictogrammic of raised object; stepping stone

登 pairs 癶, left and right feet, with 豆, a raised object or stepping stone; its older form also showed two hands at the bottom, which later dropped.

Open 登 →

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 錄; 录 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
彔
彔lù錄lù
Same sound today

The traditional form 錄 combines 金 (metal) with 彔, which gives the sound; the simplified 录 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

Open 录 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 5HSK 2.0 Level 6Computers & Internet

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