修理厂 (xiū lǐ chǎng) — repair shop; garage | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

repair shopgarage

Measure word · 家

Examples

，修理厂。
Wǒ de chē huài le, yào sòng qù xiū lǐ chǎng.
My car broke down, I need to send it to a repair shop.
修理厂。
Zhè jiā xiū lǐ chǎng de shī fu jì shù hěn hǎo.
The technicians at this repair shop are very skilled.
修理厂。
Tā zài zhè jiā xiū lǐ chǎng dāng le shí nián chǎng zhǎng.
He was the manager of this repair shop for ten years.

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.

修理repair

修xiūrepair理lǐput in order

联合Coordinate

厂chǎngworkshop

修理 means repair, and 厂 is a workshop, so 修理厂 is a place for repair.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

彡彡shān

Sound part声符shēngfú

攸

攸yōu修xiū

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

修 is built from 攸, which gives the sound, and 彡, a set of three strokes that shows the meaning.

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

玉玉yùjade

Sound part声符shēngfú

里

里lǐ理lǐ

Same sound today

理 pairs 玉 (jade) with 里, which shows how to say it; the jade part points to the old sense of polishing jade.

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 廠; 厂 is its simplified writing.

广敞廠

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

敞

敞chǎng廠chǎng

Same sound today

The traditional form 廠 combines 广 with 敞, which gives the sound; the simplified 厂 is a later shorthand.

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