监听器 (jiān tīng qì) — listening device, bug, monitoring device

Definition

noun

listening devicebugmonitoring device

Measure word · 个

监听器。
Tā huái yí fáng jiān lǐ yǒu jiān tīng qì.
He suspects there is a listening device in the room.
监听器。
Jǐng chá zài bàn gōng shì lǐ ān zhuāng le jiān tīng qì.
The police installed a bug in the office.
监听器。
Zhè zhǒng jiān tīng qì kě yǐ shōu jí dào hěn yuǎn de xìn hào.
This type of listening device can collect signals from very far away.

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.

监听monitor listening

偏正Modifier + head

"监" monitor and "听" listen combine into monitored listening, and "器" names a device.

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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 監; 监 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 監 shows 臥, a person with an emphasized eye, looking into 皿, a container; the simplified 监 is a later shorthand.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 聽; 听 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 聽 has 耳 (ear) and 口 (mouth), used for listening; the simplified 听 is a later shortened form unrelated to that picture.

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.

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