焚化炉 (fén huà lú) — incinerator; cremator

Definition

noun

incineratorcremator

Measure word · 台

焚化炉。
Chéng shì lǐ de fén huà lú měi tiān chǔ lǐ dà liàng lā jī.
The incinerator in the city processes a large amount of garbage every day.
焚化炉。
Zhè zhǒng fén huà lú kě yǐ fén shāo gōng yè fèi liào.
This type of incinerator can burn industrial waste.
焚化炉。
Tā men yòng fén huà lú lái chǔ lǐ dòng wù shī tǐ.
They use an incinerator to process animal carcasses.

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.

焚化incinerate

补充Verb + complement

炉lúfurnace

焚化 means to burn something into change, and 炉 is a furnace, so the word names an incinerator.

Characters in this word

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

林火焚

焚 combines 林 (trees) and 火 (fire) to show trees burning.

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.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

盧

盧lú炉lú

Same sound today

The older form combines 火 (fire) with 盧 (lú) for its sound; the modern 炉 is a later shorthand.

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