起磁

qǐcí

verb

Meanings

1 to magnetize
2 magnetization (process of making something magnetic)

Characters

to rise, begin, initiate

magnetism, magnetic

Examples

用磁铁摩擦螺丝刀就能给它起磁。

Yòng cítiě mócā luósīdāo jiù néng gěi tā qǐcí.

Rubbing a magnet against a screwdriver can magnetize it.

这块铁条已经起磁了。

Zhè kuài tiětiáo yǐjīng qǐcí le.

This iron bar has already been magnetized.

Tips

usage

The opposite is 退磁 (tuìcí, to demagnetize). Both are everyday workshop terms. In physics texts the more formal term for magnetization is 磁化 (cíhuà).

Stroke Order

起 qǐ

磁 cí