原型
yuán​xíng HSK7

prototype

原型 yuán​xíng
prototype noun
the original model or type from which something is developed

他花了五年时间完善设计，在他的后院棚子里建造了5000多个原型。

tā huā le wǔ nián shí​jiān wán​shàn shè​jì, zài tā de hòu​yuàn péng​zi li jiàn​zào le5000 duō​ge yuán​xíng.

It took him five years to perfect the design, building more than 5,000 prototypes in his backyard shed.

这个原型目前大约有一个咖啡杯的大小。

zhè​ge yuán​xíng mù​qián dà​yuē yǒu yī​ge kā​fēi bēi de dà​xiǎo.

The prototype is currently about the size of a coffee cup.

archetype noun
(literature) a real-life person or original story form on which a fictional character or narrative is based

你知道他以你为原型写了一个角色吗？

nǐ zhī​dao tā yǐ nǐ wéi yuán​xíng xiě le yī​ge jué​sè ma?

Did you know that he based a character on you?

infinitive
(grammar) the base form of a verb
sculpture model
(sculpture) an initial model made of wax or clay used as a guide for a finished work in stone or wood

Frequency
Movie subtitles
3.34 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
5.30 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)