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旅行车 (lǚ xíng chē) — station wagon (a car with extended rear cargo space)

Definition

noun
station wagon (a car with extended rear cargo space)
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • 旅行车。
    Tā kāi zhe yí liàng lǚ xíng chē qù jiāo yóu.
    He drove a station wagon for the outing.
  • 旅行车。
    Zhè liàng lǚ xíng chē néng zuò qī gè rén.
    This station wagon can seat seven people.
  • 旅行车。
    Wǒ dǎ suàn mǎi yí liàng èr shǒu lǚ xíng chē.
    I plan to buy a used station wagon.

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.

旅行travel
旅lǚtravel行xínggo
联合Coordinate
车chēvehicle

旅行 (travel) and 车 (vehicle) together name a vehicle for journeys.

Characters in this word

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

旅 combines 㫃, a flag, and 从, two people, to show troops or a brigade.

Open 旅 →

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

  • 彳彳chì
  • 亍亍chù

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.

Open 行 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

Open 车 →
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