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囚车 (qiú chē) — prison van

Definition

noun
prison van
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • 囚车。
    Nà liàng qiú chē tíng zài fǎ yuàn mén kǒu.
    That prison van is parked at the courthouse entrance.
  • 囚车，。
    qiú chē Kāi zǒu le, yā sòng fàn rén qù le jiān yù.
    The prison van drove away, escorting the prisoner to the jail.
  • 囚车。
    Jǐng chē hòu miàn gēn zhe liǎng liàng qiú chē.
    Two prison vans are following the police 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.

囚qiúprisoner
车chēvehicle

囚 means prisoner and 车 means vehicle, so the result is a vehicle for prisoners.

Characters in this word

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

  • 囗囗wéibox, enclosure
  • 人人rénperson

囚 puts 人 (person) inside 囗 (box, enclosure), making a person enclosed, hence prisoner.

Open 囚 →

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.

Open 车 →
Appears in
Crime & PoliceVehicles

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