放映机 (fàng yìng jī) — film projector | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

film projector

Measure word · 台

Examples

放映机。
Zhè tái fàng yìng jī shì qù nián mǎi de.
This projector was bought last year.
放映机。
Lǎo shī yòng fàng yìng jī gěi wǒ men fàng le yí bù diàn yǐng.
The teacher used the projector to show us a movie.
放映机。
Diàn yǐng yuàn de fàng yìng jī xū yào dìng qī wéi hù.
The projector in the cinema needs regular maintenance.

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.

放映project

放fàngproject映yìngshow

联合Coordinate

机jīmachine

'放映' means to project images and '机' is a machine; together they name a projector.

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.

方攵放

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攵Written in full as攴pūhand, action

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

方fāng放fàng

Same sound today

放 uses 方 for its sound and 攵, a hand/action part, to mark an action of release.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

日央映

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun

Sound part声符shēngfú

央

央yāng映yìng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

映 pairs 日, the sun, with 央 as a sound element.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木几机

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.

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