精确性 (jīng què xìng) — precision, accuracy

Definition

noun
precisionaccuracy

Examples

  • 精确性。
    Zhè ge shí yàn duì shù jù de jīng què xìng yāo qiú hěn gāo.
    This experiment has high requirements for data precision.
  • 精确性。
    Tí gāo cè liáng de jīng què xìng shì gōng chéng shī de shǒu yào rèn wu.
    Improving measurement accuracy is the engineer's primary task.
  • ，精确性。
    Zài jī xiè jiā gōng zhōng, jīng què xìng fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    In mechanical processing, precision is very important.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

精确precise
精jīngfine确quèexact
联合Side by side
性xìngquality

精确 (precise) plus 性 (quality) names the quality of being precise.

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
米米mǐrice
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng精jīng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

精 pairs 米 (rice) with 青, which gives the sound; the character originally meant polished rice.

Open 精 →

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 確; 确 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
石石shírock
Sound part声符shēngfú
隺
隺hè確què
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 確 combines 石, a rock, with 隺 for its sound; the idea is something rock-solid and certain. The simplified 确 is a shorthand.

Open 确 →

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
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

Open 性 →

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