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制冷 (zhì lěng) — refrigeration; to refrigerate

Definition

refrigerationto refrigerate

Examples

  • 制冷。
    Zhè ge bīng xiāng de zhì lěng xiào guǒ hěn hǎo.
    This refrigerator's cooling effect is very good.
  • 制冷。
    Tā men zhèng zài yán jiū xīn de zhì lěng jì shù.
    They are researching new refrigeration technology.
  • 制冷。
    Zhè tái kōng tiáo de zhì lěng xì tǒng chū le gù zhàng.
    The cooling system of this air conditioner has malfunctioned.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

制zhìproduce
冷lěngcold

制 produces 冷, as in refrigeration.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

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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.

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