打浆机 (dǎ jiāng jī) — beating engine (in papermaking); pulp beater

Definition

Industrial machine that beats and refines plant fibers into pulp, a key step in papermaking.

noun
beating engine (in papermaking)pulp beater
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 打浆机。
    Zhè jiā gōng chǎng xīn mǎi le yì tái dǎ jiāng jī.
    This factory bought a new beating engine.
  • 打浆机。
    dǎ jiāng jī Shì zào zhǐ guò chéng zhōng bì bù kě shǎo de shè bèi.
    The pulp beater is essential equipment in the papermaking process.
  • 打浆机。
    Cāo zuò dǎ jiāng jī xū yào zhuān yè péi xùn.
    Operating a beating engine requires professional training.

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.

打浆beat pulp
打dǎbeat浆jiāngpulp
动宾Verb + object
机jīmachine

打浆 describes beating pulp, and 机 names the machine that does it.

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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng打dǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

打 uses 扌, a hand, to show an action done with the hand, and 丁 to give the sound.

Open 打 →

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 漿; 浆 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
將
將jiāng漿jiāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 漿 uses 水 to show a liquid and 將 for the sound. The simplified 浆 is a later shorthand, so its shape is not the historical one.

Open 浆 →

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
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →

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