解码器 (jiě mǎ qì) — decoder (device or software that converts encod…

Definition

noun

decoder (device or software that converts encoded data into a usable format)

Measure word · 个

解码器。
Zhè ge jiě mǎ qì kě yǐ jiě mǎ gāo qīng shì pín xìn hào.
This decoder can decode high-definition video signals.
，解码器。
Diàn shì huài le, kě néng shì jiě mǎ qì chū le wèn tí.
The TV is broken—it might be a problem with the decoder.
解码器，。
Ān zhuāng zhè kuǎn jiě mǎ qì hòu, ruǎn jiàn yùn xíng gèng liú chàng le.
After installing this decoder, the software ran more smoothly.

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.

解码decode

动宾Verb + object

解 means decode, 码 means code, and 器 names the device.

Characters in this word

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

角刀牛解

解 shows 刀 (knife) separating 角 (horn) from 牛 (cow), giving the picture of cutting up an ox.

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.

石馬碼

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.

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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