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升降机 (shēng jiàng jī) — elevator, lift; freight elevator

Definition

noun
elevatorliftfreight elevator
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 升降机。
    Zhè ge cāng kù de shēng jiàng jī kě yǐ zài zhòng liǎng dūn.
    The freight elevator in this warehouse can carry two tons.
  • 升降机。
    Qǐng yòng shēng jiàng jī bān yùn zhè xiē huò wù.
    Please use the elevator to move these goods.
  • 升降机，。
    shēng jiàng jī De mén huài le, xū yào wéi xiū.
    The door of the elevator is broken and needs repair.

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.

升降rise and fall
升shēngrise降jiàngdescend
联合Coordinate
机jīmachine

升降 means rise and fall and 机 is a machine, so it is a machine that moves up and down.

Characters in this word

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

The shape comes from a drawing of a standard dipper used to measure one 升.

Open 升 →

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
阝Written in full as阜fùhill, wall
Sound part声符shēngfú
夅
夅jiàng降xiáng
Same sound today

降 pairs 阝 (a hill or wall, written in full as 阜) with 夅, a sound part meaning 'to descend'; together they picture descending a hill.

Open 降 →

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
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →
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