档案柜 (dàng àn guì) — filing cabinet | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

filing cabinet

Measure word · 个

Examples

档案柜。
Wǒ bǎ wén jiàn dōu fàng zài dàng àn guì lǐ.
I put all the documents in the filing cabinet.
档案柜，。
Zhè ge dàng àn guì kě yǐ suǒ qǐ lái, hěn ān quán.
This filing cabinet can be locked, it's very secure.
档案柜。
Tā xū yào yí gè xīn de dàng àn guì lái cún fàng zī liào.
He needs a new filing cabinet to store materials.

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.

档案files or records

档dàngfile案àncase

联合Side by side

柜guìcabinet

档案 means files or records and 柜 means cabinet, so it is a cabinet for files.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 檔; 档 is its simplified writing.

木當檔

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

當

當dāng檔dàng

Same sound today

The traditional form 檔 pairs 木, a tree, with 當 as the sound part. The simplified 档 is an abbreviation of 檔.

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

木安案

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

安

安ān案àn

Same sound today

案 pairs 木, a wood/tree shape, with 安, which is used for its sound.

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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