调制解调器

調制解調器

tiáozhìjiětiáoqì

noun #37,675

Measure Word

一台调制解调器 tái

Meanings

1 modem

Characters

to modulate / to adjust

to undo / to demodulate

Examples

调制解调器重启一下，网就好了。

Tiáozhìjiětiáoqì chóngqǐ yíxià, wǎng jiù hǎole.

Restart the modem and the internet will work again.

光纤入户后，调制解调器换成了光猫。

Guāngxiān rùhù hòu, tiáozhìjiětiáoqì huànchéng le guāngmāo.

After fiber was installed, the modem was replaced with an ONT.

Tips

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调制解调器 is the textbook/literal term (modulator-demodulator) but in everyday speech people say 猫 (māo) — a phonetic loan from English 'modem'. Fiber-optic ONTs are nicknamed 光猫 (guāngmāo, 'optical cat'). The full 调制解调器 mostly survives in manuals and packaging.

Stroke Order

调 tiáo

制 zhì

解 jiě

器 qì