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吹风机 (chuī fēng jī) — hair dryer

Definition

noun
hair dryer
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 吹风机。
    Wǒ yòng chuī fēng jī bǎ tóu fa chuī gān le.
    I used a hair dryer to dry my hair.
  • 吹风机，。
    Zhè ge chuī fēng jī zào yīn hěn dà, gāi huàn le.
    This hair dryer is very noisy; it's time to replace it.
  • 吹风机。
    Jiǔ diàn yù shì lǐ yǒu yí gè chuī fēng jī.
    There is a hair dryer in the hotel bathroom.

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.

吹风blow wind
吹chuīblow风fēngwind
动宾Verb + object
机jīmachine

吹 means blow, 风 means wind or air, and 机 means machine: a machine that blows air.

Characters in this word

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

吹 pairs 口 (mouth) with 欠 (blow), giving the picture of air being blown from the mouth.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 风 →

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.

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Appears in
Hygiene & Grooming

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