修理铺 (xiū lǐ pū) — repair shop, repair workshop

Definition

noun
repair shoprepair workshop
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • ，修理铺。
    Wǒ de zì xíng chē huài le, yào qù xiū lǐ pū xiū yí xià.
    My bike is broken; I need to go to the repair shop to fix it.
  • 修理铺。
    Jiē jiǎo nà jiā xiū lǐ pū kāi le èr shí nián le.
    That repair shop on the corner has been open for twenty years.
  • 修理铺。
    Tā zài zhè jiā xiū lǐ pū dāng xué tú.
    He works as an apprentice at this repair shop.

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lǐmend
联合Side by side
铺pùshop

修理 means repair, and 铺 is a shop: 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.

Open 修 →

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.

Open 理 →

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 鋪; 铺 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīngold; metal
Sound part声符shēngfú
甫
甫fǔ鋪pū
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 鋪 pairs 金 (gold; metal) with 甫 as a sound part; the simplified 铺 is a shorthand.

Open 铺 →

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