冷藏箱 (lěng cáng xiāng) — refrigerator | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

refrigerator

Measure word · 台

Examples

冷藏箱。
Zhè ge lěng cáng xiāng hěn dà.
This refrigerator is very big.
冷藏箱。
Qǐng bǎ niú nǎi fàng jìn lěng cáng xiāng.
Please put the milk in the refrigerator.
冷藏箱。
lěng cáng xiāng Lǐ de shí wù bù duō le.
There isn't much food left in the refrigerator.

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

Cold + store + box makes a box 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.

𥫗相箱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

𥫗Written in full as竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

相

相xiāng箱xiāng

Same sound today

箱 combines 竹, showing bamboo, with 相 as a sound part, to write a bamboo box or case.

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