机型 (jī xíng) — aircraft type (e.g., Boeing 737, Airbus A320); machine model (e.g., smartphone, printer)

Definition

noun
aircraft type (e.g., Boeing 737, Airbus A320)machine model (e.g., smartphone, printer)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 机型。
    Zhè jià jī xíng shì zuì xīn de bō yīn fēi jī.
    This aircraft type is the latest Boeing plane.
  • 机型。
    Bù tóng jī xíng de shǒu jī jià gé chā bié hěn dà.
    The prices of different phone models vary greatly.
  • 机型。
    Gōng chéng shī zhèng zài cè shì xīn jī xíng de xìng néng.
    The engineer is testing the performance of the new model.

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.

机jīmachine
型xíngmodel

It means the model or type of a machine, with 机 pointing to the machine and 型 to its model.

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
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 →

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
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
刑
刑xíng型xíng
Same sound today

型 pairs 土 (earth) with 刑, which supplies the sound; the shape shows an earthen mold, hence form or pattern.

Open 型 →

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