水箱 (shuǐ xiāng) — water tank | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

water tank

Measure word · 个

Examples

水箱。
Zhè ge shuǐ xiāng néng zhuāng wǔ bǎi shēng shuǐ.
This water tank can hold five hundred liters of water.
水箱。
Lóu dǐng de shuǐ xiāng xū yào dìng qī qīng xǐ.
The water tank on the roof needs regular cleaning.
水箱。
Tā men ān zhuāng le yí gè xīn de shuǐ xiāng.
They installed a new water tank.

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 “water” tells what the 箱 “tank” holds.

Characters in this word

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

水 is a simple drawing of water flowing.

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

𥫗相箱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

𥫗Written in full as竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

相

相xiāng箱xiāng

Same sound today

箱 combines 竹, showing bamboo, with 相 as a sound part, to write a bamboo box or case.

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