文件柜 (wén jiàn guì) — filing cabinet, file cabinet

Definition

noun

filing cabinetfile cabinet

Measure word · 个

文件柜。
Zhè ge wén jiàn guì kě yǐ fàng hěn duō zī liào.
This filing cabinet can hold a lot of materials.
文件柜。
Tā bǎ suǒ yǒu hé tong dōu suǒ zài wén jiàn guì lǐ.
He locks all contracts in the filing cabinet.
文件柜。
Bàn gōng zhuō páng biān yǒu yí gè wén jiàn guì.
There is a filing cabinet beside the desk.

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.

文件document

偏正Modifier + head

文件 means document, from 文 (text) and 件 (item), and 柜 means cabinet, so the word is a cabinet for documents.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The current form 文 shows a man with head, arms, legs, and chest; the tattoo marks on the chest are no longer drawn.

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

件 is made of 人, 'man', and 牛, 'cow'.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木巨柜

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

巨

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

柜 combines 木 (tree) with 巨, which gives the sound.

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