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闭路电视 (bì lù diàn shì) — closed-circuit television (CCTV)

Definition

noun
closed-circuit television (CCTV)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 闭路电视。
    Wǒ men xiǎo qū ān zhuāng le bì lù diàn shì.
    Our residential area has installed CCTV.
  • 闭路电视。
    bì lù diàn shì Kě yǐ bāng zhù wǒ men kān mén kǒu.
    CCTV can help us watch the entrance.
  • 闭路电视。
    Yòng bì lù diàn shì kě yǐ gèng ān quán.
    Using CCTV can be safer.

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.

闭路closed circuit
闭bìclosed路lùcircuit
偏正Modifier + head
电视television
电diànelectric视shìview
偏正Modifier + head

闭路 describes a closed circuit, and 电视 means electric viewing, together naming closed-circuit television.

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 閉; 闭 is its simplified writing.

  • 門門méndoor
  • 材材cáimaterial; timber

The traditional form 閉 pairs 門 (door) with 材 (material; timber); the simplified 闭 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

Open 闭 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
足足zú
Sound part声符shēngfú
各
各gè路lù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

路 combines 足, a foot, with 各, which supplies the sound.

Open 路 →

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 視; 视 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
見見jiànsee
Sound part声符shēngfú
示
示shì視shì
Same sound today

The story is about the traditional form 視: it combines 見, meaning see, with 示, which gives the sound shì.

Open 视 →
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