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引擎 (yǐn qíng) — engine

Definition

A technical-sounding loanword for 'engine' (machines, vehicles, aircraft). 开动 is the verb meaning to start/operate such a machine, not a synonym of the part itself.

noun
engine
Measure word · 台
Easily confused

Examples

  • 引擎。
    Zhè jià fēi jī de yǐn qíng fēi cháng xiān jìn.
    The engine of this airplane is very advanced.
  • 引擎。
    Tā zhèng zài xiū lǐ qì chē de yǐn qíng.
    He is repairing the car's engine.
  • 引擎。
    Gōng chǎng xū yào yì tái xīn yǐn qíng.
    The factory needs a new engine.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

引yǐn
擎qíng

The characters 引 and 擎 spell the sound of the loanword; they carry no separate meaning here.

Sound-only characters

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

  • 弓弓gōngbow
  • 丿丿piěindicatory stroke

引 is made from 弓, a bow, and 丿, a short slant stroke added at the place where the string is pulled, marking the action of drawing or pulling.

Open 引 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 擎 →
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