汽车站 (qì chē zhàn) — bus station (for long-distance buses); bus stop

Definition

noun

bus station (for long-distance buses)bus stop

Measure word · 个

Examples

汽车站。
Wǒ zài qì chē zhàn děng gōng jiāo chē.
I am waiting for the bus at the bus stop.
汽车站。
Zhè ge qì chē zhàn yǒu qù shàng hǎi de cháng tú qì chē.
This bus station has long-distance buses to Shanghai.
汽车站。
Cóng qì chē zhàn zǒu dào wǒ jiā zhǐ yào shí fēn zhōng.
It takes only ten minutes to walk from the bus station to my home.

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.

汽车motor vehicle / bus

汽qìsteam车chēvehicle

偏正Modifier + head

站zhànstation / stop

汽车 names a motor vehicle or bus, and 站 names a station or stop; together they mean a bus stop.

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.

氵气汽

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

气

气qì汽

Same sound today

The 氵 part is water, and 气 is used for the sound and also means air, so 汽 shows water in an air-like form.

Open 汽 →

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 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

立占站

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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