飞机库 (fēi jī kù) — hangar

Definition

noun
hangar
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 飞机库。
    Zhè jià dà xíng kè jī zhèng zài fēi jī kù lǐ jìn xíng wéi xiū.
    This large passenger plane is undergoing maintenance in the hangar.
  • 飞机库。
    Xīn jiàn de fēi jī kù kě yǐ tóng shí tíng fàng shí jià fēi jī.
    The newly built hangar can park ten planes at the same time.
  • 飞机库，。
    Fēi xíng yuán bǎ fēi jī huá jìn fēi jī kù, rán hòu xī miè le yǐn qíng.
    The pilot taxied the plane into the hangar and then shut down the engine.

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.

飞机airplane
飞fēifly机jīmachine
偏正Modifier + head
库kùwarehouse

飞机 is a flying machine and 库 is a warehouse, naming a building for airplanes.

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 飛; 飞 is its simplified writing.

For 飞, the traditional form 飛 pictures a bird flying upwards.

Open 飞 →

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
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.

Open 机 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 庫; 库 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎngbuilding
Sound part声符shēngfú
車
車jū庫kù
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 庫 pairs 广 (building) with 車 (sound); the building part points to a storehouse. The simplified 库 is a later shorthand.

Open 库 →

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