蓄电池 (xù diàn chí) — rechargeable battery, accumulator, storage cell

Definition

noun
rechargeable batteryaccumulatorstorage cell
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 蓄电池，。
    Wǒ de chē xù diàn chí kuài méi diàn le, xū yào huàn yí gè xīn de.
    My car's battery is almost dead; I need to replace it with a new one.
  • 蓄电池。
    Zhè zhǒng xù diàn chí kě yǐ fǎn fù chōng diàn hěn duō cì.
    This type of rechargeable battery can be charged many times.
  • 蓄电池。
    Huí shōu fèi jiù xù diàn chí duì bǎo hù huán jìng hěn zhòng yào.
    Recycling used rechargeable batteries is very important for protecting the environment.

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.

蓄电store electricity
蓄xùstore电diànelectricity
动宾Verb + object
池chícell

A 池 (cell) that can 蓄 (store) 电 (electricity).

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss, plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
畜
畜chù蓄xù
Same sound today

The top 艹 shows plants, and the lower 畜 gives the sound; the character is about cultivating plants and storing grain.

Open 蓄 →

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
也
也yě池chí
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

池 pairs 氵 (water) with 也, which provides the sound.

Open 池 →

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