转义

轉義
zhuǎnyì
noun #97,084

Meanings

  1. 1 transferred meaning (linguistics)
  2. 2 extended/figurative sense
  3. 3 to escape (a character, in computing)

Examples

Zhège cí de zhuǎnyì bǐ běnyì gèng chángyòng.
This word's extended meaning is more common than its original meaning.
Zài zìfúchuàn lǐ yào yòng fǎnxiégàng zhuǎnyì yǐnhào.
Inside a string, you escape quotation marks with a backslash.

Tips

usage
Two distinct senses share the same word. In linguistics it pairs with (běnyì, 'original meaning'); in computing it pairs with 转义字符 (zhuǎnyì zìfú, 'escape character') or 转义序列 ('escape sequence'). Context disambiguates immediately.
memory
= 'turn / shift,' = 'meaning.' For both senses the same picture works: the meaning 'turns' from one form into another — either from literal to figurative, or from a normal character to a control character.

Stroke Order

zhuǎn