笛卡儿坐标制

Cartesian coordinate system

flute

to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]) / cassette

to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [ka3]

René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher and author of Discours de la méthode 方法論|方法论

variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc

child / son

non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final

to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座[zuo4]

coordinate (geometry)

mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units

system / to control / to regulate / variant of 製|制[zhi4]

to manufacture / to make