售货机 (shòu huò jī) — vending machine | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

vending machine

Measure word · 台

Examples

售货机。
Wǒ zài xué xiào mén kǒu de shòu huò jī mǎi le yì píng shuǐ.
I bought a bottle of water at the vending machine at the school gate.
售货机，。
Zhè tái shòu huò jī huài le, bù néng zhǎo líng qián.
This vending machine is broken; it can't give change.
售货机。
Dì tiě zhàn lǐ yǒu yì pái shòu huò jī.
There is a row of vending machines in the subway station.

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.

售货sell goods

售shòusell货huògoods

动宾Verb + object

机jīmachine

售货 means selling goods, and 机 is a machine, so it is a machine that sells goods.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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 貨; 货 is its simplified writing.

化貝貨

Meaning part形符xíngfú

貝貝bèishell, money

Sound part声符shēngfú

化

化huà貨huò

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 貨 pairs 化 (sound) with 貝 (shell, money) to write valuable goods; the simplified 货 is a shorthand.

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

木几机

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree; wood

Sound part声符shēngfú

几

几jǐ机jī

Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

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Miscellaneous Objects Shopping & Errands

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