整车 (zhěng chē) — full load of a vehicle (e.g., in shipping or logistics); complete vehicle (as opposed to parts or components)

Definition

物流/贸易术语，区别于零件 (língjiàn, parts): 整车 = 一辆完整的车 (整 vs 散), or a full truckload of cargo in shipping.

noun
full load of a vehicle (e.g., in shipping or logistics)complete vehicle (as opposed to parts or components)

Examples

  • 整车。
    Wǒ men gōng sī tí gōng zhěng chē yùn shū fú wù.
    Our company provides full truckload transportation services.
  • 整车。
    Zhè liàng zhěng chē shì cóng rì běn jìn kǒu de.
    This complete vehicle was imported from Japan.
  • 整车，。
    Tā men xū yào yí liàng zhěng chē, bú shì líng jiàn.
    They need a complete vehicle, not parts.

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.

整zhěngwhole
车chēvehicle

'整' means whole or complete and '车' means vehicle, together indicating a full vehicle or complete vehicle.

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
敕敕chì
Sound part声符shēngfú
正
正zhèng整zhěng
Same sound today

整 pairs 敕 as the meaning side with 正 as the sound side.

Open 整 →

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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