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传送带 (chuán sòng dài) — conveyor belt

Definition

noun
conveyor belt
Measure word · 条

Examples

  • ，传送带。
    Zài gōng chǎng lǐ, chuán sòng dài bǎ chǎn pǐn cóng yì chuán sòng dài yùn dào lìng yí gè dì fāng.
    In the factory, the conveyor belt transports products from one place to another.
  • 传送带。
    Jī chǎng de chuán sòng dài bǎ xíng li sòng dào dào dá dà tīng.
    The conveyor belt at the airport sends luggage to the arrival hall.
  • 传送带。
    Chāo shì shōu yín tái páng biān yǒu yì tiáo chuán sòng dài.
    There is a conveyor belt next to the supermarket checkout.

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.

传送send along
传chuántransmit送sòngdeliver
联合Coordinate
带dàibelt

“传送” (send along) and “带” (belt) describe a belt that sends items along.

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 傳; 传 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rénman
Sound part声符shēngfú
專
專zhuān傳chuán
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 傳 puts 人 (man) beside 專, which gives the sound; the simplified 传 is a later shorthand, and its parts are not the historical ones.

Open 传 →

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
辶Written in full as辵chuòto walk
Sound part声符shēngfú
灷
灷zhuàn送sòng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

送 combines 辶, the walking radical, with 灷, which supplies the sound; the walking part fits meanings like see off or deliver.

Open 送 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 帶; 带 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 帶 was drawn as a woven belt; the simplified 带 is a later shorthand.

Open 带 →
Appears in
Industry & Manufacturing

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