输电网 (shū diàn wǎng) — power transmission network; power grid

Definition

noun
power transmission networkpower grid

Examples

  • 输电网。
    Guó jiā zhèng zài kuò jiàn xī bù dì qū de shū diàn wǎng.
    The country is expanding the power transmission network in the western region.
  • 输电网。
    Zhè tiáo xīn de shū diàn wǎng lián jiē le hǎo jǐ gè shěng fèn.
    This new power grid connects several provinces.
  • 输电网。
    Gōng chéng shī men zhèng zài jiǎn chá shū diàn wǎng de ān quán zhuàng kuàng.
    The engineers are checking the safety condition of the power transmission network.

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.

输电transmit electricity
输shūtransmit电diànelectricity
动宾Verb + object
网wǎngnetwork

输电 means transmitting electricity, and 网 is a network, together naming a grid for moving power.

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 輸; 输 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jū
Sound part声符shēngfú
俞
俞yú輸shū
Same sound today

The traditional form 輸 pairs 車 (vehicle) with 俞 for sound; 車 shows the meaning.

Open 输 →

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 電; 电 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
雨雨yǔrain
Sound part声符shēngfú
申
申shēn電diàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For the traditional form 電, 雨 (rain) sits with 申, read shēn and meaning lightning.

Open 电 →

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 網; 网 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìrope
Sound part声符shēngfú
罔
罔wǎng網wǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 網 pairs 糸 (rope) with 罔 to give the sound; the simplified 网 is a later shorthand.

Open 网 →

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