车床 (chē chuáng) — lathe (machine tool)

Definition

noun
lathe (machine tool)
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 。
    Tā zhèng zài yòng chē chuáng jiā gōng líng jiàn.
    He is processing parts with a lathe.
  • 车床。
    Zhè tái chē chuáng shì dé guó zhì zào de.
    This lathe is made in Germany.
  • 车床。
    Gōng rén xué huì le cāo zuò chē chuáng.
    The workers learned how to operate the lathe.

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chēturning
床chuángbed

车床 is a 床 used for 车, a lathe.

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 →

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

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

Open 床 →

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