消音器 (xiāo yīn qì) — muffler (for a vehicle or firearm)

Definition

noun

muffler (for a vehicle or firearm)

Measure word · 个

消音器。
Qì chē xū yào ān zhuāng yí gè hǎo de xiāo yīn qì.
The car needs a good muffler installed.
消音器，。
Zhè bǎ qiāng zhuāng shàng le xiāo yīn qì, shēng yīn xiǎo le hěn duō.
This gun is fitted with a silencer, so the sound is much quieter.
消音器。
xiāo yīn qì Kě yǐ yǒu xiào jiàng dī fā dòng jī de zào yīn.
A muffler can effectively reduce engine noise.

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.

消音silencing

动宾Verb + object

消 means remove, 音 is sound, and 器 is a device, giving a muffler.

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

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.

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

音 adds a short stroke that seals the mouth-like part, showing a covered or muffled sound rather than speech.

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

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