冷藏 (lěng cáng) — refrigeration, cold storage | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

refrigerationcold storage

Examples

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Bǎ shí wù fàng jìn lěng cáng shì bǎo cún.
Put the food in the cold storage room to preserve it.
冷藏。
Zhè zhǒng yào pǐn xū yào lěng cáng.
This type of medicine requires refrigeration.
冷藏。
lěng cáng Shì yán cháng shí wù bǎo zhì qī de yì zhǒng fāng fǎ.
Refrigeration is a way to extend the shelf life of food.

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.

冷 means cold and 藏 means to store, naming storing something in cold conditions.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艸艸cǎograss

Sound part声符shēngfú

臧

臧zāng藏cáng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

藏 is made from 艸 (grass) and 臧, where 臧 gives the sound.

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