停机库 (tíng jī kù) — aircraft hangar; airplane storage hangar

Definition

A building at an airport where aircraft are stored, repaired, and maintained. The compound literally combines 停 (park), 机 (aircraft), and 库 (warehouse/building).

noun
aircraft hangarairplane storage hangar
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 停机库。
    Zhè jià fēi jī xū yào zài tíng jī kù lǐ jìn xíng dìng qī bǎo yǎng.
    This aircraft needs regular maintenance inside the hangar.
  • 停机库。
    Xīn jī chǎng jiàn le sān zuò dà xíng tíng jī kù.
    The new airport built three large hangars.
  • ，停机库。
    Shēn yè, suǒ yǒu fēi jī dōu huí dào le tíng jī kù.
    Late at night, all the planes returned to the hangar.

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.

停机parking aircraft
停tíngstop机jīaircraft
动宾Verb + object
库kùhangar

停机库 is a 库 (hangar) for 停机 (parking aircraft).

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
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
亭
亭tíng停tíng
Same sound today

The left side 亻 is a person, and the right side 亭 gives the sound tíng; this forms 停.

Open 停 →

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.

Open 机 →

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 庫; 库 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎngbuilding
Sound part声符shēngfú
車
車jū庫kù
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 庫 pairs 广 (building) with 車 (sound); the building part points to a storehouse. The simplified 库 is a later shorthand.

Open 库 →

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