蜂鸣器 (fēng míng qì) — buzzer | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

buzzer

Measure word · 个

Examples

，蜂鸣器。
Diàn tī mén dǎ kāi qián, fēng míng qì huì xiǎng yī shēng.
The buzzer will sound once before the elevator door opens.
蜂鸣器。
Shí yàn jié shù hòu qǐng guān bì fēng míng qì kāi guān.
Please turn off the buzzer switch after the experiment is over.
蜂鸣器。
Zhè ge fēng míng qì de diàn yā shì shí èr fú.
The voltage of this buzzer is twelve volts.

Origin

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.

蜂鸣bee sound

蜂fēngbee鸣míngsound

主谓Subject + predicate

器qìdevice

蜂 means bee, 鸣 means sound, and 器 means device: a device that makes a buzzing sound.

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.

虫夆蜂

Meaning part形符xíngfú

虫虫chónginsect

Sound part声符shēngfú

夆

夆páng蜂fēng

Same sound today

蜂 puts 虫, showing an insect, beside 夆, which gives its sound.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鳴; 鸣 is its simplified writing.

口鳥鳴

口口kǒumouth
鳥鳥niǎobird

The traditional form 鳴 combines 口 (mouth) and 鳥 (bird) to show a bird crying.

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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