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缆车 (lǎn chē) — cable car

Definition

noun
cable car
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • 缆车。
    Cóng shān dǐng zuò lǎn chē xià shān hěn fāng biàn.
    It's very convenient to take the cable car down from the mountain top.
  • 缆车。
    Yóu kè men pái duì děng lǎn chē.
    Tourists are waiting in line for the cable car.
  • 缆车。
    Zhè zhāng lǎn chē piào shì wǒ zài wǎng shàng mǎi de.
    I bought this cable car ticket online.

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.

缆lǎncable
车chēvehicle

“缆” names the cable and “车” the vehicle, together giving a cable car.

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 纜; 缆 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
覽
覽lǎn纜
Same sound today

The traditional form 纜 has 糹 (silk) beside 覽, which gives the sound; the simplified 缆 is a later shorthand.

Open 缆 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

Open 车 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9VehiclesTravel & Tourism

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