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岔口 (chà kǒu) — fork in the road; road fork

Definition

noun
fork in the roadroad fork
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 岔口，。
    Zǒu dào yí gè chà kǒu qián, nǐ xū yào xuǎn zé zǒu nǎ tiáo lù.
    When you reach a fork in the road, you need to choose which way to go.
  • 岔口，？
    Qián miàn yǒu yí gè chà kǒu, wǎng zuǒ biān guǎi hái shì wǎng yòu biān guǎi?
    There's a fork ahead — should we turn left or right?
  • 岔口。
    Wǒ men zài dì sān gè chà kǒu nà lǐ jí hé.
    Let's meet at the third fork.

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.

岔chàfork
口kǒumouth

The 岔 (fork) and 口 (mouth) point to a place where roads split.

Characters in this word

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

岔 combines 分 (split; division) and 山 (mountain), showing a mountain divided into branches.

Open 岔 →

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

The form 口 looks like an open mouth.

Open 口 →
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