榨汁机 (zhà zhī jī) — juicer

Definition

noun
juicer
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 榨汁机。
    Wǒ yòng zhà zhī jī zuò le yì bēi xīn xiān de chéng zhī.
    I made a glass of fresh orange juice with the juicer.
  • 榨汁机，。
    Zhè tái zhà zhī jī hěn hǎo qīng xǐ, yòng shuǐ yì chōng jiù gān jìng le.
    This juicer is easy to clean — just rinse it with water and it's clean.
  • 榨汁机，。
    Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yí gè zhà zhī jī, yòng lái zhà píng guǒ zhī hé hú luó bo zhī.
    I want to buy a juicer to make apple juice and carrot juice.

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.

榨汁squeeze juice
榨zhàsqueeze汁zhījuice
动宾Verb + object
机jīmachine

榨汁 is squeezing juice and 机 is the machine doing it.

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
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
窄
窄zhǎi榨zhà
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

榨 pairs 木 (tree) with 窄 (tight); 窄 gives it its sound.

Open 榨 →

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
十
十shí汁zhī(r)
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

汁 has 氵, a form of 水, on the left and 十 on the right. The water part shows it is about a liquid, and 十 gives the sound.

Open 汁 →

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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