耦 (ǒu): a pair, a mate, a couple
耦 (ǒu) is a Chinese character meaning “a pair.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 耒 (semantic) and 禺 (phonetic). It ranks #4362 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 耦 plow. Its radical form 耒 (plow) appears in many related characters such as 耗 (hào, to waste), 耕 (gēng, to plow), 耘 (yún, to weed).
Definitions
- a pair
- a mate
- a couple
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耦合 | ǒu hé | coupling (physics) |
| 电荷耦合器件 | diàn hè ǒu hé qì jiàn | charge-coupled device (CCD) (electronics) |
| 光耦合器 | guāng ǒu hé qì | optocoupler (electronics) |
| 齐大非耦 | qí dà fēi ǒu | variant of 齊大非偶|齐大非偶 |
| 电荷耦合 | diàn hè ǒu hé | electric charge coupling |
| 去耦 | qù ǒu | to decouple |
| 解耦verb | jiě ǒu | decoupling (electronics) |
| 光耦 | guāng ǒu | abbr. for 光耦合器 |
| 耦语 | ǒu yǔ | to have a tete-à-tete |
| 耦居 | ǒu jū | to live together (as husband and wife) |
| 耦园 | ǒu yuán | Couple's Retreat Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu, one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site |
| 怨耦 | yuàn ǒu | variant of 怨偶 |
| 匹耦 | pǐ ǒu | variant of 匹偶 |
耦 appears in 13 compound words: 31 as the first character, 46 as the last, and 23 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
在常用工况下,电机可与车轮解耦断开,减少拖曳损耗,使百公里能耗进一步下降。
zài cháng yòng gōng kuàng xià , diàn jī kě yǔ chē lún jiě ǒu duàn kāi , jiǎn shǎo tuō 曳 sǔn hào , shǐ bǎi gōng lǐ néng hào jìn yī bù xià jiàng .
Under normal operating conditions, the motor can be decoupled from the wheels to reduce drag losses, further lowering energy consumption per 100 kilometers.
进入交叉轴或连续起伏路面以后,系统又能快速解耦,让左右车轮获得更独立的运动空间。
jìn rù jiāo chā zhóu huò lián xù qǐ fú lù miàn yǐ hòu , xì tǒng yòu néng kuài sù jiě ǒu , ràng zuǒ yòu chē lún huò dé gèng dú lì de yùn dòng kōng jiān .
When driving on cross-axle or undulating roads, the system can quickly decouple, allowing the left and right wheels greater freedom of movement.
模型与系统耦合得越紧,对模型智力本身的要求就越高。
mó xíng yǔ xì tǒng ǒu hé dé yuè jǐn , duì mó xíng zhì lì běn shēn de yào qiú jiù yuè gāo .
The tighter the coupling between the model and the system, the higher the demands on the model's intelligence.
其中,训推一致至关重要,因推理与训练过程耦合,基础设施差异易放大不确定性。
qí zhōng , xùn tuī yī zhì zhì guān chóng yào , yīn tuī lǐ yǔ xùn liàn guò chéng ǒu hé , jī chǔ shè shī chā yì yì fàng dà bù què dìng xìng .
In this context, consistency between training and inference is crucial, as the inference and training processes are coupled, and differences in infrastructure can easily amplify uncertainty.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced ǒu
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