焊接 (hàn jiē) — to weld; to solder (joining metal parts by melting)

Definition

verb
to weldto solder (joining metal parts by melting)

Examples

  • 焊接
    Gōng rén zhèng zài bǎ zhè liǎng gēn gāng guǎn hàn jiē qǐ lái.
    The worker is welding these two steel pipes together.
  • 焊接
    Zhè zhǒng cái liào bú shì hé yòng pǔ tōng fāng fǎ hàn jiē.
    This material is not suitable for welding with ordinary methods.
  • 焊接
    Tā xué huì le hàn jiē, xiàn zài zài yì jiā gōng chǎng shàng bān.
    He learned how to weld and now works in a factory.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

Weld and join combine to mean joining metal by melting.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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
Written in full asshǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
qièjiē
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 扌 shows a hand, matching the sense of receiving something in the hand, while 妾 gives the character its sound.

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