抽屉 (chōu ti) — drawer | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

drawer

Measure word · 个

抽屉。
Tā bǎ guì zhòng wù pǐn dōu suǒ zài chōu ti lǐ.
She locked all the valuables in the drawer.
抽屉。
Zhè ge chōu ti de bǎ shǒu sōng le.
The handle on this drawer is loose.
抽屉。
Qǐng bǎ hé tong cóng chōu ti lǐ ná chū lái.
Please take the contract out of the drawer.

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.

屉tìcompartment

抽 indicates pulling out and 屉 indicates a compartment, together naming a drawer.

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.

扌由抽

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

由

由yóu抽chōu

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

The left part 扌 is the hand form, written in full as 手, and the right part 由 provides the sound.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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