驶去 (shǐ qù) — to drive away, to sail away | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

驶去 means a vehicle or vessel moves away from the speaker — emphasize the directional 去, not just the motion of 驶. Often paired with 朝 / 向 + direction.

verb

to drive awayto sail away

Examples

驶去。
Nà liàng chē cháo yuǎn fāng shǐ qù le.
That car drove away into the distance.
，驶去。
Lún chuán huǎn huǎn shǐ lí gǎng kǒu, xiàng dà hǎi shǐ qù.
The ship slowly left the port and sailed away to the sea.
驶去，。
Tā kāi chē shǐ qù, zài yě méi yǒu huí lái.
He drove away and never came back.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

去qùgo away

“驶” means drive and “去” means go away, giving the idea of driving away.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 駛; 驶 is its simplified writing.

馬史駛

Meaning part形符xíngfú

馬馬mǎ

Sound part声符shēngfú

史

史shǐ駛shǐ

Same sound today

The traditional form 駛 has 馬 as the meaning part and 史 as the sound part.

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

大大dàman
口口kǒumouth, object

去 pairs 大, a man, with 口, a mouth or object. The evidence reads this as a man leaving a place, a man opening his mouth, or a cover over an object.

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