孤立子

gūlìzǐ

noun

Meanings

1 soliton (physics)
2 solitary wave that retains its shape

Characters

alone; solitary

(suffix) -on / particle

Examples

HSK 5

孤立子在传播中保持形状不变。

Gūlìzǐ zài chuánbō zhōng bǎochí xíngzhuàng bú biàn.

A soliton keeps its shape as it propagates.

HSK 7-9

光纤通信利用了孤立子的特性。

Guāngxiān tōngxìn lìyòng le gūlìzǐ de tèxìng.

Fiber-optic communication exploits the properties of solitons.

Tips

memory

孤立 (isolated/solitary) + 子 (particle/-on suffix) - a calque mirroring English 'solit-on,' where -on flags it as a quasi-particle. 子 plays the same -on role in 光子 (photon), 电子 (electron), 中子 (neutron).

Stroke Order

孤 gū

立 lì

子 zǐ