车胎 (chē tāi) — tire (of a vehicle) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

tire (of a vehicle)

Measure word · 个

Examples

车胎。
Wǒ de chē tāi lòu qì le.
My tire has a leak.
车胎。
Tā bāng wǒ bǎ chē tāi huàn hǎo le.
He helped me change the tire.
车胎，。
Zhè zhǒng chē tāi hěn nài yòng, kāi le sān nián dōu méi huài.
This kind of tire is very durable — it hasn't worn out after three years of use.

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

胎tāitire

The 胎 of a 车 is its tire.

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

⺼Written in full as肉ròu

Sound part声符shēngfú

台

台tái胎tāi

Same sound today

胎 is formed from ⺼ (written in full as 肉) and 台, which gives the sound.

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Appears in

Vehicles