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吊车 (diào chē) — crane, hoist (machine for lifting heavy objects)

Definition

noun
cranehoist (machine for lifting heavy objects)
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 吊车。
    Gōng dì shàng yǒu yì tái diào chē.
    There is a crane at the construction site.
  • 吊车。
    diào chē Bǎ huò wù diào dào le lóu shàng.
    The crane lifted the goods to the upper floor.
  • 吊车。
    Tā men yòng diào chē bǎ qì chē diào le qǐ lái.
    They used a crane to lift the car.

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.

吊diàolift
车chēvehicle

吊 “lift” describes 车 “vehicle”, a machine used for lifting.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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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