音箱 (yīn xiāng) — loudspeaker; speaker (audio device) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

loudspeakerspeaker (audio device)

Measure word · 台

Examples

音箱。
Wǒ mǎi le yí gè xīn yīn xiāng.
I bought a new speaker.
音箱。
Zhè ge yīn xiāng de shēng yīn hěn qīng chǔ.
The sound of this speaker is very clear.
音箱。
Tā jiā de yīn xiāng shì jìn kǒu de.
The speakers in his home are imported.

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.

Sound and box combine to name a loudspeaker enclosure.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

音 adds a short stroke that seals the mouth-like part, showing a covered or muffled sound rather than speech.

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

𥫗相箱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

𥫗Written in full as竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

相

相xiāng箱xiāng

Same sound today

箱 combines 竹, showing bamboo, with 相 as a sound part, to write a bamboo box or case.

Appears in

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