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冷藏车 (lěng cáng chē) — refrigerated truck

Definition

noun
refrigerated truck
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • 冷藏车。
    Zhè liàng lěng cáng chē yòng lái yùn shū xīn xiān shuǐ guǒ.
    This refrigerated truck is used to transport fresh fruit.
  • 冷藏车。
    lěng cáng chē De zhì lěng xì tǒng chū le gù zhàng.
    The cooling system of the refrigerated truck broke down.
  • 冷藏车。
    Gōng sī xīn mǎi le yí liàng dà xíng lěng cáng chē.
    The company bought a new large refrigerated truck.

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
车chēvehicle

冷藏车 is a 车, vehicle, for 冷藏, cold storage, where 冷 cold and 藏 store form the function.

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 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

Open 车 →
Appears in
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