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电饭锅 (diàn fàn guō) — electric rice cooker

Definition

noun
electric rice cooker
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 电饭锅。
    Wǒ xīn mǎi de diàn fàn guō kě yǐ zhǔ bā zhǒng fàn.
    My new rice cooker can cook eight kinds of rice.
  • 电饭锅，。
    Zhè ge diàn fàn guō hěn dà, gòu wǔ gè rén chī.
    This rice cooker is big enough for five people.
  • 电饭锅。
    Mā ma yòng diàn fàn guō zuò le hǎo chī de mǐ fàn.
    Mom used the rice cooker to make delicious rice.

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
饭锅rice pot
饭fànrice锅guōpot
偏正Modifier + head

电 means electric, 饭 means rice, and 锅 means pot: an electric pot for cooking rice.

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.

Open 电 →

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 飯; 饭 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
食食shífood
Sound part声符shēngfú
反
反fǎn飯fàn
Same sound today

The traditional form 飯 combines 食 (food) with 反 for the sound; the simplified 饭 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical form.

Open 饭 →

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 鍋; 锅 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
咼
咼wāi鍋guō
Same sound today

In the traditional form 鍋, 金 marks metal and 咼 provides the sound; the simplified 锅 is a later shorthand.

Open 锅 →
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