水上飞机 (shuǐ shàng fēi jī) — seaplane; hydroplane

Definition

noun

seaplanehydroplane

Measure word · 架

水上飞机。
Zhè jià shuǐ shàng fēi jī kě yǐ zài shuǐ shàng qǐ fēi hé jiàng luò.
This seaplane can take off and land on water.
水上飞机。
Hěn duō lǚ yóu jǐng diǎn dōu yǒu shuǐ shàng fēi jī gòng yóu kè chéng zuò.
Many tourist attractions have seaplanes for tourists to ride.
水上飞机。
shuǐ shàng fēi jī Zài jǐn jí jiù yuán zhōng yě néng fā huī zhòng yào zuò yòng.
Seaplanes can also play an important role in emergency rescue.

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.

水上on water

偏正Modifier + head

飞机airplane

偏正Modifier + head

水上 means on water and 飞机 means airplane, together naming a plane that operates on water.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

水 is a simple drawing of water flowing.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 飛; 飞 is its simplified writing.

For 飞, the traditional form 飛 pictures a bird flying upwards.

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

Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.