冷冻室 (lěng dòng shì) — freezer compartment (in a refrigerator); freezer | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

freezer compartment (in a refrigerator)freezer

Measure word · 个

Examples

冷冻室。
Qǐng bǎ ròu fàng jìn lěng dòng shì lǐ.
Please put the meat into the freezer compartment.
冷冻室，。
Zhè ge bīng xiāng de lěng dòng shì hěn dà, kě yǐ fàng hěn duō shí wù.
The freezer compartment of this refrigerator is very big and can hold a lot of food.
冷冻室。
Wǒ jiā de lěng dòng shì lǐ zhuāng mǎn le bīng qí lín hé sù dòng shuǐ jiǎo.
My home's freezer is filled with ice cream and frozen dumplings.

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.

冷冻freezing

冷lěngcold冻dòngfreeze

偏正Modifier + head

冷 gives cold, 冻 gives freezing, and 室 gives room.

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.

冫令冷

Meaning part形符xíngfú

冫Written in full as仌bīngice

Sound part声符shēngfú

令

令lìng冷lěng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

冷 uses 冫, the ice form, with 令 as a sound part, to mean cold as ice.

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 凍; 冻 is its simplified writing.

冫東凍

Meaning part形符xíngfú

冫Written in full as仌bīng

Sound part声符shēngfú

東

東dōng凍dòng

Same sound today

The traditional form 凍 pairs 冫 (ice) with 東 for the sound; the simplified 冻 is a later shorthand.

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

宀至室

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

至

至zhì室shì

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

室 puts 宀 (roof) over 至, the spot where someone stops, giving the meaning of a house or residence.

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