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驾驶室 (jià shǐ shì) — driver's cab (of a vehicle, ship, or aircraft); cockpit; pilothouse

Definition

noun
driver's cab (of a vehicle, ship, or aircraft)cockpitpilothouse
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 驾驶室。
    Huǒ chē sī jī de jià shǐ shì zài qián miàn.
    The train driver's cab is in the front.
  • 驾驶室。
    Chuán zhǎng zhèng zài jià shǐ shì lǐ kàn dì tú.
    The captain is looking at a map in the pilothouse.
  • 驾驶室。
    Fēi jī de jià shǐ shì lǐ yǒu gè zhǒng yí biǎo.
    The airplane's cockpit has various instruments.

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.

驾驶drive
驾jiàdrive驶shǐdrive
联合Coordinate
室shìroom

驾驶 means to drive or pilot and 室 means room; together they name the room for operating a vehicle.

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 駕; 驾 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
馬馬mǎ
Sound part声符shēngfú
加
加jiā駕jià
Same sound today

In the traditional form 駕, 馬 relates to a horse, and 加 gives the sound; this story is about 駕, not the simplified 驾.

Open 驾 →

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.

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.

Open 驶 →

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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
至
至zhì室shì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

室 puts 宀 (roof) over 至, the spot where someone stops, giving the meaning of a house or residence.

Open 室 →
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Vehicles

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