电唱机 (diàn chàng jī) — record player; electric gramophone | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

record playerelectric gramophone

Measure word · 台

Examples

电唱机。
Zhè tái diàn chàng jī de yīn zhì fēi cháng hǎo.
This record player has excellent sound quality.
电唱机。
Yé ye hái bǎo liú zhe yì tái lǎo diàn chàng jī.
Grandpa still keeps an old record player.
电唱机。
Wǒ zài èr shǒu diàn mǎi le yì tái diàn chàng jī.
I bought a record player at a second-hand store.

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.

电diànelectric

唱机record player

唱chàngplay机jīmachine

偏正Modifier + head

An electric machine for playing records.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 電; 电 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

雨雨yǔrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

申

申shēn電diàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For the traditional form 電, 雨 (rain) sits with 申, read shēn and meaning lightning.

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

口昌唱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

昌

昌chāng唱chàng

Same sound today

The 口 part points to the mouth, while 昌 shows how the character is pronounced.

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

木几机

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree; wood

Sound part声符shēngfú

几

几jǐ机jī

Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Appears in

Music Technology & Engineering

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