超链接
The English phrase 'hyperlink' is 超链接 in Chinese.
超链接 refers to an area on a Web page. When you want to express the action of 'clicking the link', you use the verb phrase 点击 (diǎnjī).
Meaning: area on a Web page (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The term 超链接 is composed of 超 (chāo), meaning 'super' or 'hyper' and 链接 (liànjiē), meaning 'link' or 'connection'.
Did you know?
- In Chinese, the concept of a 'broken link' is often described as 死链, which literally translates to a 'dead link'.
- The character 超 in 超链接 is the same one used in 超级马里奥 for 'Super Mario'. It transforms a standard noun into something with 'super' powers or capabilities.
- The word for 'super' in 超链接, which is 超 (chāo), is the same character used in the word for 'supermarket', 超市 (chāoshì).
Examples in context
- 请点击超链接Please click on the hyperlink
- 这是一个超文本链接This is a hyperlink
- 发给我链接吧Send me the link
- 请确保超链接不失效。Please ensure that the hyperlink does not become invalid.
- 给我个链接，可以吗？Can you give me a link, please?
- 这个超链接打不开。Zhège chāoliànjiē dǎ bù kāi.This hyperlink won't open.
- 请点击这个超链接。Qǐng diǎnjī zhège chāoliànjiē.Please click this hyperlink.
- 你可以通过超链接访问网页。Nǐ kěyǐ tōngguò chāoliànjiē fàngwèn wǎngyè.You can access the webpage via a hyperlink.
Example conversation
Wei is helping Yuting fix a problem on a website.
- 雨婷 Yuting伟，这个超链接好像失效了。Wěi, zhège chāoliànjiē hǎoxiàng shīxiào le.Wei, this hyperlink seems to be broken.
- 伟 Wei让我看看，雨婷。Ràng wǒ kànkan, Yǔtíng.Let me take a look, Yuting.
- 伟 Wei啊，是链接地址写错了。À, shì liànjiē dìzhǐ xiě cuò le.Ah, the link address was written incorrectly.
- 雨婷 Yuting现在可以点击了吗？Xiànzài kěyǐ diǎnjī le ma?Can it be clicked now?
