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汽化器 (qì huà qì) — (machinery) carburetor; (chemistry) vaporizer

Definition

A device that vaporizes liquid (chemistry) or mixes fuel with air in an engine (machinery). The chemistry sense (vaporizer) and machinery sense (carburetor) are independent — pick the one your context calls for.

noun
(machinery) carburetor(chemistry) vaporizer
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 汽化器。
    Zhè ge qì huà qì shì qì chē fā dòng jī de zhòng yào bù jiàn.
    This carburetor is an important part of the car engine.
  • 汽化器。
    Huà xué shí yàn shì lǐ yǒu yí gè qì huà qì yòng lái jiāng yè tǐ biàn chéng qì tǐ.
    In the chemistry lab, there is a vaporizer used to turn liquid into gas.
  • 汽化器。
    Tā zhèng zài xiū lǐ nà tái lǎo shì qì chē de qì huà qì.
    He is repairing the carburetor of that old car.

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.

汽化vaporize
汽qìsteam化huàchange
偏正Modifier + head
器qìdevice

汽化 describes turning into vapor, and 器 is the device that does it.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
气
气qì汽
Same sound today

The 氵 part is water, and 气 is used for the sound and also means air, so 汽 shows water in an air-like form.

Open 汽 →

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

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.

Open 化 →

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

Open 器 →
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