恒温器 (héng wēn qì) — thermostat

Definition

noun
thermostat
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 恒温器。
    Zhè ge héng wēn qì kě yǐ zì dòng tiáo jié wēn dù.
    This thermostat can automatically adjust the temperature.
  • 恒温器，。
    Wǒ zuó tiān mǎi le yí gè héng wēn qì, jīn tiān zhuāng shàng le.
    I bought a thermostat yesterday and installed it today.
  • 恒温器，。
    héng wēn qì Huài le, fáng jiān biàn de hěn lěng.
    The thermostat broke, and the room became very cold.

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.

恒温constant temperature
恒héngconstant温wēntemperature
偏正Modifier + head
器qìdevice

恒温 (constant temperature) and 器 (device) combine into a thermostat.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 恆; 恒 is its simplified writing.

  • 心心xīnheart
  • 亙亙gènpartial moon

The traditional form 恆 pairs 心, a heart, with 亙, a partial moon, which provides the sound; 恒 is a later simplified shape.

Open 恒 →

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 溫; 温 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 溫 is based on an older form 𥁕, which drew a person bathing in a container full of warm water. The simplified 温 is a later variant.

Open 温 →

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

Open 器 →

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