邮车 (yóu chē) — postal vehicle; mail truck

Definition

noun
postal vehiclemail truck
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • 邮车。
    Zhè liàng yóu chē měi tiān zài chéng shì lǐ sòng xìn.
    This mail car delivers letters in the city every day.
  • 邮车，。
    Nà liàng yóu chē shì lǜ sè de, hěn róng yì rèn.
    That postal vehicle is green and very easy to recognize.
  • 邮车。
    Tā men yòng yóu chē bǎ bāo guǒ sòng dào gè gè xiǎo qū.
    They use a mail truck to deliver packages to various neighborhoods.

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.

邮yóumail
车chēvehicle

邮 relates to mail, and 车 means vehicle; together they name a vehicle used for mail.

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 郵; 邮 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 郵 pairs 垂 (“far, remote”) with 邑 (“city”) to show a relay station; the simplified 邮 is a later shorthand.

Open 邮 →

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 →

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