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垃圾车 (lā jī chē) — garbage truck; refuse collection truck

Definition

noun
garbage truckrefuse collection truck
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • 垃圾车。
    Měi tiān zǎo shàng lā jī chē dōu huì lái shōu lā jī.
    Every morning the garbage truck comes to collect trash.
  • 垃圾车。
    Nà liàng lā jī chē zhèng zài bǎ lā jī tǒng lǐ de lā jī dào jìn chē xiāng.
    That garbage truck is dumping the trash from the bins into its compartment.
  • 垃圾车。
    Jū mín men tīng dào lā jī chē de shēng yīn jiù zhī dào gāi bǎ lā jī ná chū lái le.
    Residents hear the garbage truck's sound and know it's time to take out the trash.

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.

垃圾garbage
垃lā圾jī
车chēvehicle

垃圾 (garbage) and 车 (vehicle) combine for a truck that carries garbage.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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.

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