冷柜 (lěng guì) — freezer (refrigerated cabinet) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

freezer (refrigerated cabinet)

Measure word · 台

Examples

冷柜。
Chāo shì lǐ xīn dào le jǐ tái lěng guì.
A few new freezers arrived at the supermarket.
冷柜。
Zhè xiē ròu xū yào fàng zài lěng guì lǐ bǎo cún.
This meat needs to be stored in the freezer.
冷柜。
Zhè ge lěng guì bǐ nà ge dà hěn duō.
This freezer is much bigger than that one.

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.

柜guìcabinet

冷 (cold) and 柜 (cabinet) describe a cabinet kept cold, hence a freezer.

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.

冫令冷

Meaning part形符xíngfú

冫Written in full as仌bīngice

Sound part声符shēngfú

令

令lìng冷lěng

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

冷 uses 冫, the ice form, with 令 as a sound part, to mean cold as ice.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木巨柜

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

巨

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

柜 combines 木 (tree) with 巨, which gives the sound.

Appears in

Kitchenware & Tableware

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