电器行 (diàn qì háng) — appliance store; electronics store

Definition

noun

appliance storeelectronics store

电器行。
Zhè jiā diàn qì háng de diàn qì zhǒng lèi hěn duō.
This appliance store has many kinds of appliances.
电器行。
Wǒ zuó tiān zài diàn qì háng mǎi le yì tái xīn xǐ yī jī.
I bought a new washing machine at the appliance store yesterday.
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Nà jiā diàn qì háng de fú wù tài dù hěn hǎo, jià gé yě hé lǐ.
That appliance store has good service attitude and reasonable prices.

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.

电器electrical appliances

电diànelectricity器qìdevice

偏正Modifier + head

电器 means electrical appliances, 行 means store; together they name a shop selling appliances.

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

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.

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.

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

彳亍行

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.