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检查站 (jiǎn chá zhàn) — checkpoint; inspection station

Definition

noun
checkpointinspection station
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 检查站。
    Biān jìng jiǎn chá zhàn měi tiān yào jiǎn chá shàng bǎi liàng chē.
    The border checkpoint has to inspect hundreds of vehicles every day.
  • 检查站。
    Suǒ yǒu jìn rù jūn shì qū de chē liàng dōu bì xū jīng guò jiǎn chá zhàn.
    All vehicles entering the military zone must pass through the checkpoint.
  • 检查站。
    Gāo sù gōng lù shàng de jiǎn chá zhàn huì dǎo zhì jiāo tōng yōng dǔ.
    Checkpoints on the highway can cause traffic jams.

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.

检查inspect
检jiǎninspect查chácheck
联合Coordinate
站zhànstation

'检查' (inspect) plus '站' (station) names a place for inspection.

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 檢; 检 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
僉
僉qiān檢jiǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 檢 pairs 木 (wood) with 僉 as a sound part; it may originally have pictured a blade on top of a wooden spear. The simplified 检 is a later shorthand.

Open 检 →

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mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě查chá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

查 pairs 木 (wood) with 且, which shows the sound. It originally meant a hawthorn tree or a wooden raft.

Open 查 →

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
立立lì
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn站zhàn
Same sound today

站 has 立 on the left and 占 on the right; 立 relates to standing, and 占 gives the sound.

Open 站 →
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