消防站 (xiāo fáng zhàn) — fire station | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fire station

Measure word · 个

Examples

消防站。
Zuì jìn de xiāo fáng zhàn lí zhè lǐ bù yuǎn.
The nearest fire station is not far from here.
消防站。
Wǒ shū shu zài xiāo fáng zhàn dāng le shí nián xiāo fáng yuán.
My uncle has been a firefighter at the fire station for ten years.
，消防站。
Fā xiàn huǒ qíng hòu, yìng lì kè bō dǎ xiāo fáng zhàn de diàn huà.
After discovering a fire, you should immediately call the fire station.

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.

消防fire control

消xiāoextinguish防fángprevent

联合Coordinate

站zhànstation

消防站 joins 消防 (fire control) and 站 (station) to mean a place for fire control.

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.

氵肖消

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

肖

肖xiào消xiāo

Same sound today

消 has 氵 (water) beside 肖. The water part connects to putting out or making something vanish, and 肖 gives the sound.

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

阝方防

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阝Written in full as阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

方fāng防fáng

Same sound today

防 pairs 阝 (written fully as 阜) with 方, which gives the sound.

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

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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