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高新技术 (gāo xīn jì shù) — high technology; high-tech

Definition

Compound term for 'high and new technology' (高新 = high + new; 技术 = technology), used in formal/economic contexts like 高新技术产业. 同 高科技 but with a stronger emphasis on 'new' and used more in policy and industry writing.

phrase
high technologyhigh-tech

Examples

  • 高新技术。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī zhǔ yào kāi fā gāo xīn jì shù chǎn pǐn.
    This company mainly develops high-tech products.
  • 高新技术。
    gāo xīn jì shù Chǎn yè de fā zhǎn dài dòng le jīng jì zēng zhǎng de zhòng yào dòng lì.
    The development of the high-tech industry has driven economic growth.
  • 高新技术。
    Tā zài gāo xīn jì shù lǐng yù gōng zuò le shí duō nián.
    He has worked in the high-tech field for over ten years.

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.

高新high and new
高gāohigh新xīnnew
联合Coordinate
技术technology
技jìtechnique术shùmethod
联合Coordinate

高新 joins 高 and 新 to mean high and new, while 技术 refers to technology.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

高 was drawn as a tall building.

Open 高 →

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

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
斤斤jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
辛
辛xīn新xīn
Same sound today

The shape originally paired 斤, for chopping wood, with 辛 for sound. It was borrowed for its sound to write 新, so the chopping-wood parts are unrelated to 'new'.

Open 新 →

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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
支
支zhī技jì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

技 pairs 扌 (hand) with 支, which gives the sound. The hand part fits the idea of skill or ability done with the hands.

Open 技 →

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 術; 术 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
行行xíngstreet, path
Sound part声符shēngfú
朮
朮zhú術shù
Same sound today

The traditional form 術 has 行 (street, path) beside 朮, which gives the sound; the simplified 术 is a later shorthand.

Open 术 →
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