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婴儿车 (yīng ér chē) — stroller; baby carriage

Definition

noun
strollerbaby carriage
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • 婴儿车。
    Tā tuī zhe yīng ér chē zài gōng yuán lǐ sàn bù.
    She is pushing the stroller for a walk in the park.
  • 婴儿车。
    Wǒ gāng mǎi le yí liàng xīn de yīng ér chē.
    I just bought a new baby carriage.
  • 婴儿车，。
    Zhè zhǒng yīng ér chē kě yǐ zhé dié, fēi cháng fāng biàn.
    This type of stroller can be folded, which is very convenient.

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.

婴儿baby
婴yīnginfant儿érchild
联合Coordinate
车chēvehicle

婴 and 儿 both mean baby, while 车 means vehicle, giving a baby carriage.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 嬰; 婴 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèi
Sound part声符shēngfú
癭
癭yǐng嬰yīng
Same sound today

The traditional form 嬰 pairs 貝, carrying the meaning, with 癭 for the sound; the simplified 婴 is a shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

Open 婴 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 儿 is a simple drawing of a standing person, used as an alternate form of the character for person.

Open 儿 →

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 →
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