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车体 (chē tǐ) — car body; vehicle body (the main structural body of a car or other vehicle)

Definition

noun
car bodyvehicle body (the main structural body of a car or other vehicle)

Examples

  • 车体。
    Zhè liàng chē de chē tǐ shè jì dé hěn jiān gù.
    This car's body is designed to be very sturdy.
  • 车体。
    Huǒ chē chē tǐ yóu gāo qiáng dù gāng cái zhì chéng.
    Train car bodies are made of high-strength steel.
  • ，车体。
    Zài shì gù zhōng, chē tǐ shòu dào le yán zhòng sǔn huài.
    In the accident, the car body was severely damaged.

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.

车chēvehicle
体tǐbody

车 (vehicle) gives the kind of 体 (body).

Characters in this word

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 →

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 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
骨骨gǔbone
Sound part声符shēngfú
豊
豊lǐ體tǐ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

Open 体 →
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