影碟机 (yǐng dié jī) — VCD/DVD player

Definition

noun
VCD/DVD player
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 影碟机？
    Zhè tái yǐng dié jī hái néng yòng ma?
    Can this DVD player still be used?
  • 影碟机。
    Wǒ mǎi le yì tái xīn de yǐng dié jī.
    I bought a new DVD player.
  • 影碟机。
    Bǎ guāng pán fàng jìn yǐng dié jī lǐ.
    Put the disc into the player.

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.

影碟videodisc
影yǐngvideo/film碟diédisc
偏正Modifier + head
机jīmachine

“影碟” is a video disc, and “机” is a machine, so a player for video discs.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彡彡shān
Sound part声符shēngfú
景
景jǐng影yǐng
Same sound today

影 pairs 景, which gives the sound and also carries the idea of image, with 彡, the part that points to shadow.

Open 影 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 碟 →

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
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →

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