混合器 (hùn hé qì) — mixer, blender (device that mixes substances)

Definition

noun

mixerblender (device that mixes substances)

Measure word · 台

混合器。
Zhè ge hùn hé qì kě yǐ bǎ shuǐ hé yóu hùn hé zài yì qǐ.
This mixer can blend water and oil together.
混合器。
Gōng chǎng lǐ yòng le hěn duō dà xíng hùn hé qì.
The factory uses many large mixers.
混合器。
Qǐng bǎ hùn hé qì qīng xǐ gān jìng.
Please clean the mixer thoroughly.

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.

混合mix

联合Side by side

混 and 合 mean combine together, and 器 names the device that does this.

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.

氵昆混

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐ

Sound part声符shēngfú

昆

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

混 pairs 氵 (water) on the left with 昆 on the right, which supplies the sound.

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

亼口合

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

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.