过滤器 (guò lǜ qì) — filter (device) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

filter (device)

Measure word · 个

Examples

过滤器。
Zhè ge guò lǜ qì kě yǐ qù chú shuǐ zhōng de zá zhì.
This filter can remove impurities from water.
过滤器。
Kōng tiáo de guò lǜ qì xū yào dìng qī gēng huàn.
The filter in the air conditioner needs to be replaced regularly.
过滤器。
Zhè tái jī qì de guò lǜ qì yǐ jīng yòng le hěn jiǔ le.
The filter on this machine has been used for a long time.

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.

过滤filter

过guòpass滤lǜfilter

联合Coordinate

器qìdevice

过滤 (filter) + 器 (device) names a device that strains impurities.

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 過; 过 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辵辵chuòwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

咼

咼wāi過guò

Same sound today

The traditional form 過 pairs 辵 (walk) with 咼 as a sound component; the simplified 过 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the historical components.

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 濾; 滤 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

慮

慮lǜ濾lǜ

Same sound today

The traditional form 濾 pairs 水, water, with 慮, which shows the sound lǜ; the simplified 滤 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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