垃圾箱 (lā jī xiāng) — trash can, garbage bin

Definition

noun
trash cangarbage bin
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 垃圾箱
    Qǐng bǎ lā jī rēng dào lā jī xiāng lǐ.
    Please throw the trash into the trash can.
  • 垃圾箱
    Xué xiào páng biān yǒu yí gè dà de lā jī xiāng.
    There is a big trash can next to the school.
  • 垃圾箱
    Nǐ yīng gāi bǎ lā jī fēn lèi fàng jìn bù tóng de lā jī xiāng lǐ.
    You should sort the trash and put it into different trash bins.

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trash
xiāngcontainer

垃圾 names trash and 箱 names a container, so it is a trash container.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
𥫗Written in full aszhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
xiāngxiāng
Same sound today

箱 combines 竹, showing bamboo, with 相 as a sound part, to write a bamboo box or case.

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