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收割机 (shōu gē jī) — harvester, reaper

Definition

noun
harvesterreaper
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 收割机。
    Zhè tái shōu gē jī xiào lǜ hěn gāo.
    This harvester is very efficient.
  • 收割机。
    Nóng mín yòng shōu gē jī shōu xiǎo mài.
    Farmers use harvesters to harvest wheat.
  • 收割机。
    Zhè tái xīn xíng shōu gē jī yì tiān néng shōu gē hěn duō liáng shi.
    This new-type harvester can harvest a lot of grain in one day.

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.

收割harvest
收shōuharvest割gēcut
联合Coordinate
机jīmachine

收割 describes harvesting crops, and 机 marks it as a machine that performs this action.

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
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū收shōu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

收 uses 攴 to show an action and 丩 as a sound clue; the old meaning was 'to arrest.'

Open 收 →

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
刂Written in full as刀dāo
Sound part声符shēngfú
害
害hài割gē
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

割 combines 害, which provides the sound, with 刂, the knife form of 刀, to show cutting.

Open 割 →

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 →
Appears in
Agriculture & Farming

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