引擎盖 (yǐn qíng gài) — hood (of a vehicle), engine cover | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

hood (of a vehicle)engine cover

Measure word · 块

Examples

引擎盖。
Qǐng dǎ kāi yǐn qíng gài jiǎn chá yí xià fā dòng jī.
Please open the hood and check the engine.
引擎盖，。
yǐn qíng gài Bèi zhuàng huài le, xū yào huàn yí gè xīn de.
The hood was damaged in a collision and needs to be replaced.
，引擎盖。
Tā bǎ chē tíng zài lù biān, xiān kāi yǐn qíng gài chá kàn.
He pulled over, lifted the hood, and took a look.

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.

引擎engine

引yǐn擎qíng

引擎 (engine) and 盖 (cover) form the name for an engine cover.

Characters in this word

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.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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 蓋; 盖 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艸艸cǎograss

Sound part声符shēngfú

盍

盍hé蓋gài

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 蓋 pairs 艸, grass, with 盍 for sound. It was a thatch, and it took on cover meanings after 盍 was borrowed for “why not”.

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