车架 (chē jià) — frame (of a vehicle, bicycle, etc.)

Definition

noun
frame (of a vehicle, bicycle, etc.)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 车架。
    Zhè liàng zì xíng chē de chē jià fēi cháng jiān gù.
    The frame of this bicycle is very sturdy.
  • 车架。
    Qì chē de shè jì shī chóng xīn shè jì le chē jià.
    The car's designers redesigned the frame.
  • 车架。
    Tā de zì xíng chē chē jià shì lǚ hé jīn de.
    His bike frame is made of aluminum alloy.

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
架jiàframe

车 (vehicle) and 架 (frame) combine for the frame of a vehicle.

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.

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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
木木mùtree, wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
加
加jiā架jià
Same sound today

架 shows 木, meaning wood, with 加 giving the sound; it refers to a wooden prop.

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