装订机 (zhuāng dìng jī) — bookbinding machine

Definition

noun
bookbinding machine
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 装订机。
    Zhè tái zhuāng dìng jī gōng zuò xiào lǜ hěn gāo.
    This bookbinding machine works very efficiently.
  • 装订机。
    Wǒ men gōng sī xīn mǎi le yì tái zhuāng dìng jī.
    Our company bought a new bookbinding machine.
  • 装订机。
    Qǐng bǎ shū fàng dào zhuāng dìng jī shàng.
    Please put the books on the bookbinding machine.

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.

装订bind
装zhuāngbind订dìngstitch
联合Side by side
机jīmachine

装订 means to bind and stitch, and 机 means machine; together they name a machine for binding books.

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.

Open 装 →

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 訂; 订 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng訂dìng
Same sound today

The traditional form 訂 combines 言, related to speech, with 丁, which gives the sound; the simplified 订 is a later shorthand.

Open 订 →

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; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →

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