计算器 (jì suàn qì) — calculator | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

calculator

Measure word · 台

计算器。
Wǒ mǎi le yí gè xīn jì suàn qì.
I bought a new calculator.
计算器。
Zhè ge jì suàn qì shì tài yáng néng chōng diàn de.
This calculator is solar-powered.
计算器？
Kǎo shì de shí hou kě yǐ yòng jì suàn qì ma?
Can we use a calculator during the exam?

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.

计算calculate

计jìcalculate算suàncompute

联合Coordinate

计算 means to calculate, and 器 names a device, so the word denotes a calculating device.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 計; 计 is its simplified writing.

言十計

The traditional form 計 pairs 言 (say) with 十 (all). The simplified 计 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical shape.

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

竹目廾算

The current form 算 has 竹 on top, 目 in the middle, and 廾 below; the 目 part may have originally drawn counting rods, often made of bamboo.

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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