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碗柜 (wǎn guì) — cupboard for tableware, kitchen cabinet

Definition

noun
cupboard for tablewarekitchen cabinet
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 碗柜。
    Chú fáng lǐ yǒu yí gè hěn dà de wǎn guì.
    There is a very large cupboard for tableware in the kitchen.
  • 碗柜。
    Zhè ge wǎn guì lǐ fàng le hěn duō wǎn hé pán zi.
    This cupboard holds many bowls and plates.
  • 碗柜。
    Qǐng bǎ xǐ hǎo de pán zi fàng jìn wǎn guì lǐ.
    Please put the washed plates into the cupboard.

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.

碗wǎnbowl
柜guìcabinet

碗 (bowl) specifies what 柜 (cabinet) stores, giving a tableware cupboard.

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
石石shístone
Sound part声符shēngfú
宛
宛wǎn碗wǎn
Same sound today

碗 combines 石 (stone) with 宛. The 石 part relates to the meaning, and 宛 gives the sound.

Open 碗 →

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
Sound part声符shēngfú
巨
巨jù柜
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

柜 combines 木 (tree) with 巨, which gives the sound.

Open 柜 →
Appears in
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