橱柜 (chú guì) — cupboard, sideboard

Definition

noun
cupboardsideboard
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 橱柜
    Chú fáng lǐ de chú guì fàng mǎn le wǎn hé pán zi.
    The cupboard in the kitchen is full of bowls and plates.
  • 橱柜
    Wǒ zài chú guì lǐ zhǎo dào le nà tào cān jù.
    I found that set of tableware in the sideboard.
  • 橱柜
    Xīn mǎi de chú guì shì yòng shí mù zuò de.
    The newly bought cupboard is made of solid wood.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

chúcupboard
guìcabinet

橱 cupboard and 柜 cabinet combine as parallel storage furniture to mean cupboard or sideboard.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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
tree
Sound part声符shēngfú
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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