垃圾站 (lā jī zhàn) — garbage station; waste transfer station; trash collection point

Definition

noun
garbage stationwaste transfer stationtrash collection point
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 垃圾站。
    Zhè ge chéng shì yǒu yí gè dà de lā jī zhàn.
    This city has a large garbage station.
  • 垃圾站。
    Gōng rén měi tiān bǎ lā jī sòng dào lā jī zhàn.
    Workers send the trash to the garbage station every day.
  • 垃圾站。
    lā jī zhàn Páng biān yīng gāi bǎo chí gān jìng.
    The area around the garbage station should be kept clean.

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.

垃圾garbage
垃lā圾jī
站zhànstation

垃圾 garbage and 站 station combine: a station for collecting garbage.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
立立lì
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn站zhàn
Same sound today

站 has 立 on the left and 占 on the right; 立 relates to standing, and 占 gives the sound.

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