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水泵 (shuǐ bèng) — water pump

Definition

noun
water pump
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 水泵。
    Wǒ zài wǔ jīn diàn mǎi le yí gè shuǐ bèng.
    I bought a water pump at the hardware store.
  • 水泵。
    Zhè tái shuǐ bèng de gōng lǜ hěn dà.
    This water pump has high power.
  • 水泵。
    Tā zhèng zài xiū lǐ nà tái huài diào de shuǐ bèng.
    He is repairing that broken water pump.

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.

水shuǐwater
泵bèngpump

水 says water and 泵 says pump, so it is a water pump.

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

水 is a simple drawing of water flowing.

Open 水 →

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

泵 is made of 石 (stone) above 水 (water).

Open 泵 →
Appears in
Technology & Engineering

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