淋浴器 (lín yù qì) — shower (fixture), showerhead | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

shower (fixture)showerhead

Measure word · 台

Examples

淋浴器，。
Zhè ge lín yù qì chū shuǐ hěn dà, xǐ zǎo hěn shū fu.
This shower has strong water pressure; it's very comfortable to shower.
淋浴器。
Wǒ jiā xīn zhuāng de lín yù qì kě yǐ tiáo jié shuǐ wēn.
The new shower installed in my home can adjust the water temperature.
淋浴器，。
lín yù qì Huài le, dé zhǎo rén lái xiū.
The shower is broken; we need to find someone to fix it.

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.

淋浴shower

淋línpour浴yùbathe

偏正Modifier + head

器qìdevice

淋 'pour' and 浴 'bathe' form a shower, and 器 'device' names the fixture.

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.

氵林淋

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

林

林lín淋lín

Same sound today

The left side 氵 is water, and the right side 林 gives the character's sound.

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

氵谷浴

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

谷

谷gǔ浴yù

Same sound today

浴 shows 氵 (water) beside 谷, which gives the sound, for bathing in water.

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.

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