冷藏室 (lěng cáng shì) — refrigerator compartment; cold storage compartm… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

refrigerator compartmentcold storage compartment

Measure word · 个

Examples

冷藏室。
Qǐng bǎ yú fàng jìn bīng xiāng de lěng cáng shì.
Please put the fish into the refrigerator compartment.
冷藏室。
lěng cáng shì De wēn dù yīng gāi bǎo chí zài sì dù zuǒ yòu.
The temperature of the refrigerator compartment should be kept around four degrees.
冷藏室。
Zhè ge bīng xiāng de lěng cáng shì róng liàng hěn dà.
The refrigerator compartment of this fridge has a large capacity.

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.

冷藏cold storage

冷lěngcold藏cángstore

偏正Modifier + head

冷藏 (cold storage) + 室 (room) gives a room for keeping things cold.

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.

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

宀至室

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánroof

Sound part声符shēngfú

至

至zhì室shì

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

室 puts 宀 (roof) over 至, the spot where someone stops, giving the meaning of a house or residence.

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