油机 (yóu jī) — oil engine; internal combustion engine that uses oil-based fuel (e.g., diesel or gasoline)

Definition

noun
oil engineinternal combustion engine that uses oil-based fuel (e.g., diesel or gasoline)
Measure word · 台
Easily confused

Examples

  • 油机。
    Zhè tái yóu jī de gōng lǜ hěn dà.
    This oil engine has high power.
  • 油机。
    Wǒ men xū yào dìng qī wéi hù yóu jī.
    We need to regularly maintain the oil engine.
  • 油机。
    Zhè zhǒng yóu jī shǐ yòng chái yóu zuò wéi rán liào.
    This type of oil engine uses diesel as fuel.

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.

油yóuoil
机jīengine

油 means oil and 机 means engine, so it names an engine using oil-based fuel.

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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
由
由yóu油yóu
Same sound today

油 is built from 氵, a water part, and 由, which supplies the sound.

Open 油 →

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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