轰炸机 (hōng zhà jī) — bomber | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

bomber

Measure word · 架

Examples

轰炸机。
Zhè jià hōng zhà jī de xìng néng fēi cháng xiān jìn.
The performance of this bomber is very advanced.
，轰炸机。
Èr zhàn qī jiān, hōng zhà jī bèi guǎng fàn shǐ yòng.
During World War II, bombers were widely used.
轰炸机。
Tā men pài chū le sān jià hōng zhà jī zhí xíng rèn wu.
They dispatched three bombers to carry out the mission.

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.

轰炸bombard

轰hōngbombard炸zhàexplode

联合Coordinate

机jīmachine

轰炸 (bombard) + 机 (machine) names an aircraft used for bombing.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 轟; 轰 is its simplified writing.

車車車轟

車車jūcart
車車jūcart
車車jūcart

The traditional form 轟 puts three 車 (cart) together; 轰 is a simplified shorthand.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木几机

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree; wood

Sound part声符shēngfú

几

几jǐ机jī

Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Appears in

Military & Defense

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