连接器 (lián jiē qì) — connector | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

connector

Measure word · 个

连接器，。
Zhè ge lián jiē qì huài le, xū yào huàn yí gè.
This connector is broken and needs to be replaced.
连接器。
Qǐng bǎ lián jiē qì chā dào diàn nǎo shàng.
Please plug the connector into the computer.
连接器。
Zhè zhǒng lián jiē qì kě yǐ lián jiē liǎng gè shè bèi.
This kind of connector can connect two devices.

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.

连接connect

联合Side by side

连 and 接 both mean join; 器 means device, giving a device for joining.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 連; 连 is its simplified writing.

辶車連

The traditional form 連 joins 辶 (walk) and 車 (chariot) to show a man-drawn carriage; this note is about 連, not the simplified 连.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌妾接

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

妾

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 扌 shows a hand, matching the sense of receiving something in the hand, while 妾 gives the character its sound.

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.