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车窗 (chē chuāng) — car window; train window

Definition

noun
car windowtrain window
Measure word · 扇

Examples

  • 车窗。
    Tā dǎ kāi le chē chuāng kàn wài miàn.
    He opened the car window to look outside.
  • 车窗，。
    Qǐng guān shàng chē chuāng, chē lǐ tài lěng le.
    Please close the car window; it's too cold in the car.
  • 车窗。
    Huǒ chē chē chuāng wài miàn yǒu yí zuò shān.
    Outside the train window there is a mountain.

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
窗chuāngwindow

车 specifies the kind of 窗, giving a window on 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.

Open 车 →

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

窗 combines 穴 (hole) with 囱 (window), giving the sense of an opening used as a window.

Open 窗 →
Appears in
Vehicles

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