刹车片 (shā chē piàn) — brake pad

Definition

noun
brake pad
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 刹车片。
    Wǒ de shā chē piàn xū yào gēng huàn le.
    My brake pads need to be replaced.
  • 刹车片。
    Zhè liàng chē de shā chē piàn zhì liàng hěn hǎo.
    This car's brake pads are of good quality.
  • 刹车片。
    Nǐ zuì hǎo dìng qī jiǎn chá shā chē piàn.
    You'd better check the brake pads regularly.

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.

刹车brake
刹chàstop车chēvehicle
动宾Verb + object
片piànpad

刹车 (stop a vehicle) identifies the function of the 片 (pad).

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 剎; 刹 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刂Written in full as刀dāo
Sound part声符shēngfú
殺
殺shā剎shā
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 剎 combines 殺 for sound with 刂 (written fully as 刀, a knife) for meaning; the simplified 刹 is a later abbreviation.

Open 刹 →

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 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 片 →

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