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一号机 (yī hào jī) — Unit 1, Machine No. 1 (used for numbered machines or units in a series)

Definition

noun
Unit 1Machine No. 1 (used for numbered machines or units in a series)
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 一号机。
    Zhè tái yī hào jī shì qù nián mǎi de.
    This Unit 1 was bought last year.
  • 一号机？
    yī hào jī De wéi xiū jì lù zài nǎ lǐ?
    Where is the maintenance record for Unit 1?
  • 一号机。
    Qǐng jiǎn chá yī hào jī de yùn xíng zhuàng tài.
    Please check the operating status of Unit 1.

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.

一号No. 1
一yīone号hàonumber
偏正Modifier + head
机jīmachine

一号 marks the first item in a numbered series, and 机 names the machine or unit.

Characters in this word

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

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

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

  • 口口kǒumouth
  • 丂丂kǎoexhaled air; a tiger's cry

The shape 号 comes from 口, a mouth, and 丂, exhaled air or a tiger's cry.

Open 号 →

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.

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