箱式 (xiāng shì) — box-type; box-shaped; of a box-like design | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

box-typebox-shapedof a box-like design

Examples

箱式。
Zhè liàng xiāng shì huò chē kě yǐ zhuāng hěn duō huò wù.
This box-type truck can load a lot of goods.
箱式。
Zhè zhǒng xiāng shì jié gòu fēi cháng wěn gù.
This box-type structure is very stable.
箱式。
Xīn shè jì de xiāng shì jiā jù hěn shòu huān yíng.
The newly designed box-type furniture is very popular.

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.

The 式 (type) shaped like a 箱 (box).

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.

𥫗相箱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

𥫗Written in full as竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

相

相xiāng箱xiāng

Same sound today

箱 combines 竹, showing bamboo, with 相 as a sound part, to write a bamboo box or case.

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

弋工式

Meaning part形符xíngfú

工工gōngwork

Sound part声符shēngfú

弋

弋yì式shì

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

式 pairs 工, meaning work, with 弋, which gives the sound.

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