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编码 (biān mǎ) — encoding (the process of converting information into a code); a code (a system of symbols for representing information)

Definition

A technical term for 'encoding' (converting information into a code) or the resulting 'code' itself. Common in computing, genetics, and product labeling (e.g. 条形码 barcode, 密码 password/code).

noun
encoding (the process of converting information into a code)a code (a system of symbols for representing information)

Examples

  • 编码。
    Zhè tào biān mǎ xì tǒng fēi cháng gāo xiào.
    This encoding system is very efficient.
  • 编码。
    Qǐng bǎ zhè ge tiáo xíng biān mǎ tiē zài bāo guǒ shàng.
    Please stick this barcode on the package.
  • 编码。
    Kē xué jiā zhèng zài yán jiū zhè zhǒng jī yīn de biān mǎ guī lǜ.
    Scientists are studying the encoding rules of this gene.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

编biānarrange
码mǎcode

编 means to arrange and 码 is a code, so the word is arranging information into a code.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 編; 编 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìthread
Sound part声符shēngfú
扁
扁biǎn編biān
Same sound today

The traditional form 編 pairs 糸 (thread), for knitting a book together, with 扁 as the sound part; the simplified 编 is only a shorthand.

Open 编 →

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 碼; 码 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
石石shístone; rock
Sound part声符shēngfú
馬
馬mǎ碼mǎ
Same sound today

The traditional form 碼 pairs 石 (stone) with 馬 for its sound; the simplified 码 is a later shorthand.

Open 码 →
Appears in
Computers & Internet

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