充电器 (chōng diàn qì) — charger; battery charger

Definition

noun

chargerbattery charger

Measure word · 个

充电器，。
Wǒ de shǒu jī chōng diàn qì huài le, xū yào mǎi yí gè xīn de.
My phone charger is broken; I need to buy a new one.
充电器。
Zhè ge chōng diàn qì kě yǐ tóng shí gěi liǎng bù shǒu jī chōng diàn.
This charger can charge two phones at the same time.
充电器。
Chū mén bié wàng le dài chōng diàn qì.
Don't forget to bring your charger when you go out.

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.

充电charging

动宾Verb + object

“充电” means charging electricity, and “器” means device, so it is a device for charging.

Characters in this word

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

𠫓儿充

充 pairs 𠫓, a newborn, with 儿, a standing person, to picture a newborn growing to stand.

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 電; 电 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

雨雨yǔrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

申

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

For the traditional form 電, 雨 (rain) sits with 申, read shēn and meaning lightning.

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

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