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前轮 (qián lún) — front wheel

Definition

noun
front wheel
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 前轮。
    Zì xíng chē de qián lún bèi zhā pò le.
    The front wheel of the bicycle got punctured.
  • 前轮。
    Tā jiǎn chá le yí xià qián lún de shā chē.
    He checked the brake of the front wheel.
  • 前轮，。
    Qì chē qián lún dǎ huá, chà diǎn chū shì.
    The car's front wheel skidded, almost causing an accident.

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.

前qiánfront
轮lúnwheel

前 means front and 轮 means wheel, together naming the wheel at the front.

Characters in this word

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

In the older form of 前, 止 (foot) and 舟 (boat) showed a foot on a boat moving forward; in the current 前 those parts are shortened.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 輪; 轮 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jūcarriage
Sound part声符shēngfú
侖
侖lún輪lún
Same sound today

The traditional form 輪 uses 車, a carriage, and 侖 for the sound; the simplified 轮 is a later shorthand.

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Appears in
Vehicles

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