堆放 (duī fàng) — to pile up, to stack

Definition

verb
to pile upto stack

Examples

  • 堆放。
    Gōng rén men bǎ huò wù duī fàng zài cāng kù lǐ.
    The workers stack the goods in the warehouse.
  • 堆放，。
    Tā bǎ shū duī fàng zài zhuō zi shàng, dié dé hěn gāo.
    He piles the books on the table, stacked very high.
  • 堆放。
    Zhè xiē mù cái xū yào duī fàng zhěng qí.
    These logs need to be stacked neatly.

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.

堆duīpile
放fàngplace

堆 (pile) with 放 (place) gives placing things in piles.

Characters in this word

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
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
隹
隹zhuī堆duī
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

堆 is built from 土 (earth) and 隹, which supplies the sound.

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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
攵Written in full as攴pūhand, action
Sound part声符shēngfú
方
方fāng放fàng
Same sound today

放 uses 方 for its sound and 攵, a hand/action part, to mark an action of release.

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