修车铺 (xiū chē pù) — car repair shop; auto repair shop

Definition

noun
car repair shopauto repair shop
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 修车铺。
    Wǒ jiā fù jìn de xiū chē pù xiū chē jì shù hěn hǎo.
    The car repair shop near my home does good repair work.
  • 修车铺。
    Zhè jiā de xiū chē pù jià gé bǐ bié jiā pián yi.
    This car repair shop's prices are cheaper than others.
  • 修车铺，。
    Tā kāi le yì jiā xiū chē pù, shēng yì bú cuò.
    He opened a car repair shop and business is good.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

修车repair vehicles
修xiūrepair车chēvehicle
动宾Verb + object
铺pùshop

修车 means to repair vehicles, and 铺 is a shop, so the word denotes a place for vehicle repair.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彡彡shān
Sound part声符shēngfú
攸
攸yōu修xiū
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

修 is built from 攸, which gives the sound, and 彡, a set of three strokes that shows the meaning.

Open 修 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

Open 车 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鋪; 铺 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīngold; metal
Sound part声符shēngfú
甫
甫fǔ鋪pū
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 鋪 pairs 金 (gold; metal) with 甫 as a sound part; the simplified 铺 is a shorthand.

Open 铺 →

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