柜门 (guì mén) — cabinet door; cupboard door | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cabinet doorcupboard door

Measure word · 扇

Examples

柜门。
Qǐng bǎ guì mén dǎ kāi.
Please open the cabinet door.
柜门。
Zhè ge guì mén de bǎ shǒu huài le.
The handle on this cabinet door is broken.
柜门。
Xīn mǎi de guì mén yán sè hěn hǎo kàn.
The color of the newly bought cabinet door is very nice.

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.

柜guìcabinet

The 门 (door) of a 柜 (cabinet) is its 柜门.

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.

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.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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