抛光机 (pāo guāng jī) — polishing machine, buffer, sander

Definition

noun
polishing machinebuffersander
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 抛光机，。
    Zhè tái pāo guāng jī huài le, xū yào xiū lǐ.
    This polishing machine is broken and needs repair.
  • 抛光机。
    Tā yòng pāo guāng jī bǎ qì chē biǎo miàn pāo guāng le yí biàn.
    He used a polishing machine to polish the car surface.
  • 抛光机。
    Gōng chǎng yǐn jìn le xīn de pāo guāng jī lái tí gāo xiào lǜ.
    The factory introduced a new polishing machine to improve efficiency.

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.

抛光polish
抛pāopolish光guāngglossy
补充Verb + complement
机jīmachine

A machine 机 used for 抛光, which means to polish a surface.

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 拋; 抛 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 拋, not 抛, shows 手 (hand), 尤, and 力 (power).

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

  • 火火huǒfire
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

The shape 光 places 火 (fire) above 卩 (a kneeling person), showing fire over the head and the shining of light.

Open 光 →

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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