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冷藏库 (lěng cáng kù) — cold storage facility; freezer (large, commercial)

Definition

noun
cold storage facilityfreezer (large, commercial)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 冷藏库。
    Tā men bǎ shū cài dōu cún fàng zài lěng cáng kù lǐ.
    They store all the vegetables in the cold storage.
  • 冷藏库。
    Zhè jiā yī yuàn de lěng cáng kù yòng lái bǎo cún yì miáo.
    This hospital's cold storage is used to store vaccines.
  • 冷藏库。
    Dà xíng chāo shì dōu yǒu zì jǐ de lěng cáng kù.
    Large supermarkets have their own cold storage.

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
库kùwarehouse

冷 means cold, 藏 means store, and 库 means warehouse, giving cold-storage warehouse.

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
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.

Open 冷 →

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.

Open 藏 →

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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