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推进器 (tuī jìn qì) — propeller

Definition

noun
propeller
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 推进器，。
    Zhè sōu chuán de tuī jìn qì huài le, xū yào xiū lǐ.
    The propeller of this ship is broken and needs repair.
  • 推进器。
    Fēi jī shàng de tuī jìn qì zhuàn sù hěn gāo.
    The propeller on the airplane rotates at a very high speed.
  • 推进器。
    Gōng chéng shī zhèng zài shè jì yì zhǒng xīn xíng tuī jìn qì.
    The engineer is designing a new type of propeller.

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.

推进push forward
推tuīpush进jìnforward
补充Verb + complement
器qìdevice

推 and 进 mean push forward; 器 names a device.

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
隹
隹zhuī推tuī
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 扌 is a hand, and the right side 隹 gives the sound; the character shows pushing with the hand.

Open 推 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 進; 进 is its simplified writing.

  • 辵辵chuòwalk
  • 隹隹zhuīshort-tail bird

The traditional form 進 pairs 辵 (walk) with 隹 (short-tail bird): the picture showed moving forward because a bird can only walk forward, not backward. The simplified 进 is a later shorthand.

Open 进 →

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 →
Appears in
Technology & EngineeringVehicles

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