拓扑

拓撲

tuòpū

noun #51,765

Meanings

1 topology (mathematics: study of geometric properties preserved under continuous deformation)
2 network topology

Characters

(transliteration: topo-) / to expand

(transliteration: -logy)

Examples

HSK 4

请画出整个公司的网络拓扑图。

Qǐng huà chū zhěnggè gōngsī de wǎngluò tuòpū tú.

Please draw the network topology diagram for the entire company.

HSK 7-9

拓扑学是数学的一个重要分支。

Tuòpū xué shì shùxué de yīgè zhòngyào fēnzhī.

Topology is an important branch of mathematics.

Tips

memory

Pure transliteration of English 'topology' - 拓扑 (tuò-pū) ≈ 'topo'. The 学 (xué) is then added for the academic field: 拓扑学. Note 拓 here is read tuò (not tà - tà means 'to make a rubbing of an inscription').

mistakes

拓 has two readings: tuò (to expand, develop - as here) and tà (to make a rubbing). For 拓扑 always use tuò; for 拓片 (ink rubbing) use tà.

Stroke Order

拓 tuò

扑 pū