涡轮 (wō lún) — turbine | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

turbine

Measure word · 台

Examples

涡轮。
Zhè zhǒng wō lún yòng yú fā diàn chǎng.
This type of turbine is used in power plants.
涡轮。
Fēi jī shàng de wō lún zhuàn sù hěn kuài.
The turbine on the airplane spins very fast.
涡轮。
Gōng chéng shī zhèng zài jiǎn chá wō lún de yè piàn.
The engineer is checking the blades of the turbine.

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.

涡 whirl and 轮 wheel combine to name a turbine.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 渦; 涡 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

咼

咼wāi渦wō

Same sound today

The traditional form 渦 pairs 水 (water) with 咼 as a sound component; the simplified 涡 is a shorthand, so its right side is not the historical part.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 輪; 轮 is its simplified writing.

車侖輪

Meaning part形符xíngfú

車車jūcarriage

Sound part声符shēngfú

侖

侖lún輪lún

Same sound today

The traditional form 輪 uses 車, a carriage, and 侖 for the sound; the simplified 轮 is a later shorthand.

Appears in

Technology & Engineering

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