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滑翔机 (huá xiáng jī) — glider; sailplane

Definition

noun
glidersailplane
Measure word · 架

Examples

  • 滑翔机。
    Tā cóng xiǎo jiù mèng xiǎng jià shǐ huá xiáng jī zài tiān kōng fēi xiáng.
    He has dreamed of flying a glider in the sky since childhood.
  • 滑翔机，。
    Zhè jià huá xiáng jī de shè jì fēi cháng qīng qiǎo, shì hé cháng tú fēi xíng.
    The design of this glider is very light and suitable for long-distance flights.
  • 滑翔机。
    Tā men lì yòng shàng shēng qì liú ràng huá xiáng jī bǎo chí gāo dù.
    They use rising air currents to keep the glider at altitude.

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.

滑翔glide
滑huáslide翔xiángsoar
偏正Modifier + head
机jīmachine

'滑' suggests sliding and '翔' soaring, while '机' names a gliding machine.

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
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
骨
骨gǔ滑huá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

滑 pairs 水 (water) with 骨, which gives the sound.

Open 滑 →

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
羽羽yǔfeathers
Sound part声符shēngfú
羊
羊yáng翔xiáng
Same sound today

翔 pairs 羽 (feathers) with 羊, which gives the sound. The feathers part connects to soaring.

Open 翔 →

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 →
Appears in
Air Travel

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