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仪表盘 (yí biǎo pán) — dashboard (in a car, aircraft, etc.)

Definition

noun
dashboard (in a car, aircraft, etc.)
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 仪表盘。
    Zhè liàng chē de yí biǎo pán shè jì hěn jiǎn jié.
    This car's dashboard design is very clean.
  • 仪表盘。
    Tā kàn le yì yǎn yí biǎo pán shàng de sù dù biǎo.
    He glanced at the speedometer on the dashboard.
  • 仪表盘。
    Qǐng jiǎn chá yí biǎo pán shàng de jǐng shì dēng shì fǒu liàng zhe.
    Please check whether the warning light on the dashboard is on.

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.

仪表instruments
仪yíinstrument表biǎogauge
联合Coordinate
盘pánpanel

仪 and 表 both refer to instruments or gauges, and 盘 is the panel that holds them.

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 儀; 仪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
義
義yì儀yí
Same sound today

In the traditional form 儀, the left part 亻 shows a person, and the right part 義 supplies the sound. This description is about 儀, not the simplified 仪.

Open 仪 →

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

The shape 表 pairs 衣 (garment) with 毛 (hair or feather), originally an outer garment.

Open 表 →

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 盤; 盘 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
皿皿mǐn
Sound part声符shēngfú
般
般bān盤pán
Same sound today

The traditional form 盤 pairs 般, which gives the sound, with 皿, a vessel. This note is about 盤, not the simplified 盘.

Open 盘 →
Appears in
Vehicles

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