磨床 (mó chuáng) — grinding machine | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

grinding machine

Measure word · 台

磨床。
Zhè tái mó chuáng kě yǐ jiā gōng jīng mì líng jiàn.
This grinding machine can process precision parts.
磨床。
Gōng rén zhèng zài cāo zuò mó chuáng.
The worker is operating the grinding machine.
磨床。
Gōng chǎng xīn mǎi le yì tái mó chuáng.
The factory bought a new grinding machine.

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.

'磨' means to grind and '床' denotes a machine, so the word means a grinding 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

Sound part声符shēngfú

靡

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

磨 combines 石, showing rock, with 靡 for the sound.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

广木床

The 床 shape combines 广, a house, and 木, tree, to show a wooden bed inside a house.

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