英特尔 (Yīng tè ěr) — Intel (the semiconductor company)

Definition

noun
Intel (the semiconductor company)

Examples

  • 英特尔。
    Yīng tè ěr Shì quán qiú zuì dà de bàn dǎo tǐ zhì zào shāng zhī yī.
    Intel is one of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers.
  • 英特尔。
    Zhè tái diàn nǎo yòng de shì Yīng tè ěr chǔ lǐ qì.
    This computer uses an Intel processor.
  • 英特尔。
    Yīng tè ěr Zuì xīn fā bù de xīn piàn xìng néng tí shēng xiǎn zhù.
    The latest chip released by Intel has shown significant performance improvement.

Origin

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
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss
Sound part声符shēngfú
央
央yāng英yīng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

英 pairs 艹 (grass) with 央, which gives the sound.

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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
牛牛niúox
Sound part声符shēngfú
寺
寺sì特tè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape combines 牛 (ox) with 寺, which gives the pronunciation; it originally meant a large bull.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 爾; 尔 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 爾, simplified as 尔, originally drew cloth on a loom with crossing threads. It was borrowed for its sound to write “you,” so the picture is unrelated to that meaning.

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