转义

轉義
zhuǎnyì
noun #97,084

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 7-9
Zhège cí de zhuǎnyì bǐ běnyì gèng chángyòng.
This word's extended meaning is more common than its original meaning.
HSK 7-9
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 本义 ('original meaning'); in computing it pairs with 转义字符 ('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