kāi fàng xì tǒng hù liándictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
open systems interconnection / OSI
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Original source entry:

開放系統互連 开放系统互连 [kai1 fang4 xi4 tong3 hu4 lian2] /open systems interconnection/OSI/

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Other forms in these source records: 開放系統互連

  • 开
    kāi

    to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi ěr wén] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format

  • 放
    fàng

    to put / to place / to release / to free / to let go / to let out / to set off (fireworks)

  • 系
    xì

    to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary) / system / department / faculty / to arrest / to worry

    jì

    to tie / to fasten / to button up

  • 统
    tǒng

    to gather / to unite / to unify / whole

  • 互
    hù

    mutual

  • 连
    lián

    to link / to join / to connect / continuously / in succession / including / (used with 也[yě], 都[dōu] etc) even / company (military)

    Lián

    surname Lian

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