泵站 (bèng zhàn) — pumping station

Definition

noun
pumping station
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 泵站。
    Zhè ge bèng zhàn měi tiān chǔ lǐ shàng wàn dūn wū shuǐ.
    This pumping station treats over ten thousand tons of wastewater every day.
  • 泵站。
    Gōng rén men zhèng zài wéi xiū lǎo jiù de bèng zhàn.
    The workers are repairing the old pumping station.
  • 泵站。
    Xīn jiàn de bèng zhàn dà dà tí shēng le gōng shuǐ xiào lǜ.
    The newly built pumping station greatly improved water supply efficiency.

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.

站zhànstation

泵 names pump, and 站 names station.

Characters in this word

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

泵 is made of 石 (stone) above 水 (water).

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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
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.

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