唱机 (chàng jī) — record player | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

record player

Measure word · 台

Examples

唱机。
Wǒ bà ba yòng chàng jī tīng lǎo chàng piàn.
My dad uses the record player to listen to old records.
唱机。
Zhè chàng jī shì shàng shì jì liù shí nián dài mǎi de.
This record player was bought in the 1960s.
唱机。
Tā zài èr shǒu diàn zhǎo dào yì tái chàng jī.
He found a record player at a secondhand shop.

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.

机jīmachine

唱 (play records) and 机 (machine) combine to mean a machine for playing records.

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.

口昌唱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

昌

昌chāng唱chàng

Same sound today

The 口 part points to the mouth, while 昌 shows how the character is pronounced.

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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