通风口 (tōng fēng kǒu) — air vent; ventilation opening | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

air ventventilation opening

Measure word · 个

Examples

通风口。
Qǐng jiǎn chá yí xià tōng fēng kǒu shì fǒu chàng tōng.
Please check whether the air vent is clear.
通风口，。
Zhè ge fáng jiān de tōng fēng kǒu tài dǔ le, xū yào qīng xǐ.
The air vent in this room is too blocked and needs cleaning.
通风口。
Kōng tiáo tōng fēng kǒu fù jìn bù néng fàng dōng xī.
Nothing should be placed near the air conditioning vent.

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.

通风ventilate

通tōngpass through风fēngwind

动宾Verb + object

口kǒuopening

通风 lets air pass, and 口 names the opening where it happens.

Characters in this word

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

辶甬通

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

甬

甬yǒng通tōng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

通 pairs 辶, a part associated with movement, with 甬, which gives the sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 口 looks like an open mouth.

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