装有 (zhuāng yǒu) — to be equipped with, to contain (as part of the design or installation)

Definition

Used when something contains or is fitted with a component by design (a device has a system built in). Unlike 包含 (cover abstract contents), 装有 implies the item is physically installed or equipped.

verb
to be equipped withto contain (as part of the design or installation)

Examples

  • 装有。
    Zhè ge xiāng zi zhuāng yǒu guì zhòng wù pǐn.
    This box contains valuable items.
  • 装有。
    Nà tái diàn nǎo zhuāng yǒu zuì xīn de cāo zuò xì tǒng.
    That computer is equipped with the latest operating system.
  • 装有。
    Zhè dòng lóu zhuāng yǒu zì dòng miè huǒ xì tǒng.
    This building is equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

装zhuānginstall
有yǒuhave

装 means to install or load and 有 means to have, together indicating something is equipped with or contains something.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
衣衣yīclothes
Sound part声符shēngfú
壯
壯zhuàng裝zhuāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.

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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
肉肉ròumeat
Sound part声符shēngfú
又
又yòu有yǒu
Same sound today

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

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