冷冻箱 (lěng dòng xiāng) — freezer (appliance for freezing and storing frozen food)

Definition

noun
freezer (appliance for freezing and storing frozen food)
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 冷冻箱。
    Wǒ bǎ ròu fàng zài lěng dòng xiāng lǐ le.
    I put the meat in the freezer.
  • 冷冻箱。
    Zhè ge lěng dòng xiāng de wēn dù shì líng xià shí bā dù.
    The temperature of this freezer is minus 18 degrees.
  • 冷冻箱。
    Chāo shì de lěng dòng xiāng lǐ yǒu hěn duō bīng qí lín.
    There's a lot of ice cream in the supermarket's freezer.

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
联合Side by side
箱xiāngbox

冷 (cold) and 冻 (freeze) combine as freezing, and 箱 (box) names the appliance.

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
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.

Open 冷 →

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.

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.

Open 冻 →

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
𥫗Written in full as竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
相
相xiāng箱xiāng
Same sound today

箱 combines 竹, showing bamboo, with 相 as a sound part, to write a bamboo box or case.

Open 箱 →

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