挡板 (dǎng bǎn) — mudguard, baffle (protective panel on a vehicle or machine)

Definition

noun
mudguardbaffle (protective panel on a vehicle or machine)
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 挡板
    Zì xíng chē hòu miàn yǒu kuài dǎng bǎn, xià yǔ tiān bú huì jiàn ní.
    There's a mudguard at the back of the bicycle so it won't splash mud on rainy days.
  • 挡板
    Jī qì shàng de dǎng bǎn huài le, xū yào huàn yí gè xīn de.
    The baffle on the machine is broken and needs to be replaced with a new one.
  • 挡板
    Qì chē qián lún de dǎng bǎn kě yǐ fáng zhǐ shí zǐ fēi jiàn.
    The mudguard on the car's front wheel can prevent stones from splashing.

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.

bǎnboard

挡 means block and 板 means board; together they mean a board that blocks.

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 擋; 挡 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
Written in full asshǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
dāngdǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 擋 pairs 扌 (hand) with 當 as the sound part; this note is about 擋, not about the parts of 挡.

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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
tree
Sound part声符shēngfú
fǎnbǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

板 pairs 木 (tree) with 反 as a sound part.

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