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模具 (mó jù) — mold; die (industrial tool for shaping materials)

Definition

noun
molddie (industrial tool for shaping materials)
Measure word · 副

Examples

  • 模具。
    Zhè zhǒng mó jù yòng yú zhì zào sù liào líng jiàn.
    This type of mold is used to manufacture plastic parts.
  • 模具。
    Gōng chéng shī zhèng zài shè jì xīn de mó jù.
    The engineer is designing a new mold.
  • 模具。
    Gōng chǎng xū yào dìng qī bǎo yǎng mó jù.
    The factory needs to maintain the molds regularly.

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.

模mómolding
具jùtool

模 refers to molding or shaping, and 具 means tool, so 模具 is a tool used to shape materials.

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
莫
莫mò模mó
Same sound today

The left part 木 is tree; the right part 莫 gives the sound.

Open 模 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

具 pairs 廾 (two hands) with 鼎 (a cauldron), showing hands working with a cauldron to prepare food.

Open 具 →
Appears in
Industry & Manufacturing

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