助推器 (zhù tuī qì) — booster (rocketry)

Definition

noun

booster (rocketry)

Measure word · 个

助推器。
Huǒ jiàn de zhù tuī qì tí gōng le qiáng dà de tuī lì.
The rocket's booster provides powerful thrust.
助推器。
Zhè méi zhù tuī qì kě yǐ bāng zhù wèi xīng jìn rù yù dìng guǐ dào.
This booster can help the satellite enter its predetermined orbit.
助推器。
Gōng chéng shī men zhèng zài cè shì xīn xíng zhù tuī qì de xìng néng.
The engineers are testing the performance of the new booster.

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.

助推boost

联合Side by side

助 'assist' + 推 'push' + 器 'device' combine for a device that helps push.

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.

且力助

Meaning part形符xíngfú

力力lìstrong arm

Sound part声符shēngfú

且

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

助 pairs 力, a strong arm, with 且, which gives the sound; the meaning is help with strength.

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

扌隹推

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

隹

隹zhuī推tuī

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

The left side 扌 is a hand, and the right side 隹 gives the sound; the character shows pushing with the hand.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.