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碰碰车 (pèng pèng chē) — bumper car (at an amusement park); dodgem car

Definition

noun
bumper car (at an amusement park)dodgem car
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • 碰碰车。
    Wǒ xiǎo shí hou zuì xǐ huan wán pèng pèng chē.
    When I was little, I loved riding bumper cars the most.
  • 碰碰车。
    Yóu lè yuán lǐ de pèng pèng chē zǒng shì pái zhe cháng duì.
    The bumper cars at the amusement park always have a long line.
  • 碰碰车。
    Liǎng gè rén yì qǐ zuò pèng pèng chē tè bié yǒu qù.
    It's especially fun to ride bumper cars together with someone.

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.

碰碰bumping repeatedly
碰pènghit碰pènghit
重叠Reduplication
车chēvehicle

碰碰 (repeated hits) describes the car's action, so it is a car that bumps.

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shírock
Sound part声符shēngfú
並
並bìng碰pèng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

碰 is built from 石 (rock) and 並 (bìng); 石 shows the meaning, and 並 shows the sound.

Open 碰 →

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shírock
Sound part声符shēngfú
並
並bìng碰pèng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

碰 is built from 石 (rock) and 並 (bìng); 石 shows the meaning, and 並 shows the sound.

Open 碰 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

Open 车 →
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