车型 (chē xíng) — car model; vehicle type

Definition

noun

car modelvehicle type

Measure word · 种

Examples

车型。
Zhè kuǎn chē xíng hěn shòu huān yíng.
This car model is very popular.
车型。
Tā bǐ jiào le jǐ zhǒng chē xíng de jià gé.
He compared the prices of several car models.
车型。
Xīn chē xíng de yóu hào hěn dī.
The new car model has low fuel consumption.

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chēcar

型xíngmodel

车 names a vehicle and 型 names its model or type, together giving a car model.

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.

刑土型

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

刑

刑xíng型xíng

Same sound today

型 pairs 土 (earth) with 刑, which supplies the sound; the shape shows an earthen mold, hence form or pattern.

Open 型 →

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