垃圾道 (lā jī dào) — garbage chute, trash chute

Definition

noun
garbage chutetrash chute
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 垃圾道。
    Qǐng bǎ lā jī rēng jìn lā jī dào lǐ.
    Please throw the garbage into the chute.
  • 垃圾道。
    Zhè dòng lóu de lā jī dào dǔ zhù le.
    The garbage chute in this building is blocked.
  • 垃圾道。
    Wù yè měi zhōu qīng lǐ yí cì lā jī dào.
    Property management cleans the garbage chute once a week.

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
联绵Bound pair
道dàopassage

'垃圾' (garbage) and '道' (passage) combine to mean a chute for garbage.

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
行行xíngstreet
止止zhǐfoot
Sound part声符shēngfú
𩠐
首shǒu道dào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Early 道 showed a street 行, a foot 止, and a part written 首 or 𩠐; the right part of 行 later disappeared.

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