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吉普车 (jí pǔ chē) — Jeep (off-road vehicle)

Definition

noun
Jeep (off-road vehicle)
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • 吉普车。
    Tā kāi le yí liàng jí pǔ chē qù shān qū lǚ xíng.
    He drove a Jeep to travel in the mountain area.
  • 吉普车，。
    Zhè liàng jí pǔ chē de lún tāi hěn dà, shì hé yuè yě.
    This Jeep has big tires, good for off-roading.
  • 吉普车。
    Gōng sī gěi wǒ pèi le yí liàng jí pǔ chē zuò wéi gōng zuò chē.
    The company assigned me a Jeep as a work vehicle.

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.

吉普
吉jí普pǔ
车chēvehicle

吉普 spells Jeep, and 车 marks it as a vehicle.

Characters in this word

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

In the earliest forms, 吉 was drawn with a mouth-like lower part and an upper part that later became today's upper shape.

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

  • 並並bìngside by side
  • 日日rìsun

普 is made of 日 (sun) and 並 (side by side).

Open 普 →

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.

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