宽体 (kuān tī) — wide-body (aircraft) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

wide-body (aircraft)

宽体。
Zhè shì yí jià kuān tī kè jī.
This is a wide-body passenger plane.
宽体。
kuān tī Fēi jī kě yǐ zuò gèng duō chéng kè.
Wide-body aircraft can carry more passengers.
宽体。
Háng kōng gōng sī xīn mǎi le sān jià kuān tī.
The airline just bought three wide-body planes.

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.

宽 gives wide and 体 the form, so the term names an expanded letter in printing.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 寬; 宽 is its simplified writing.

宀萈寬

Meaning part形符xíngfú

宀宀miánhouse

Sound part声符shēngfú

萈

萈huán寬kuān

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 寬 pairs 宀, a house, with 萈, a goat used for sound, to show a spacious house; the simplified 宽 is a later abbreviation.

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 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

骨豊體

Meaning part形符xíngfú

骨骨gǔbone

Sound part声符shēngfú

豊

豊lǐ體tǐ

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.