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炮塔 (pào tǎ) — gun turret

Definition

noun
gun turret
Measure word · 座

Examples

  • 炮塔。
    Zhè sōu jūn jiàn shàng zhuāng yǒu sì gè pào tǎ.
    This warship is equipped with four gun turrets.
  • 炮塔。
    Yóu xì zhōng de pào tǎ kě yǐ zì dòng miáo zhǔn dí rén.
    The gun turret in the game can automatically aim at enemies.
  • 炮塔。
    Lì shǐ bó wù guǎn lǐ zhǎn shì le yí gè èr zhàn shí qī de pào tǎ.
    The history museum displays a gun turret from World War II.

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.

炮pàogun
塔tǎtower

'炮' indicates a gun and '塔' a tower-like structure; together they name a gun turret.

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
火火huǒ
Sound part声符shēngfú
包
包bāo炮pào
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

炮 combines 火 and 包; 包 supplies the sound.

Open 炮 →

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
土土tǔ
Sound part声符shēngfú
荅
荅dá塔tǎ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

塔 shows 土 (earth) for the meaning and 荅 (dá) for the sound.

Open 塔 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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