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装填 (zhuāng tián) — to load (ammunition, a weapon, etc.); to stuff; to pack (material into a container) tightly

Definition

A technical/formal verb for 'loading' or 'packing something in tightly' — usually ammunition into a weapon, or material into a container. It is a 把-construction verb: pattern is 装填 + object + 进/到 container.

verb
to load (ammunition, a weapon, etc.)to stuffto pack (material into a container) tightly

Examples

  • 装填。
    Shì bīng zhèng zài gěi bù qiāng zhuāng tián zǐ dàn.
    The soldier is loading bullets into the rifle.
  • 装填。
    Gōng rén bǎ shā tǔ zhuāng tián jìn dài zi.
    The worker stuffs sand into the bag.
  • 装填。
    Tǎn kè zhèng zài zhuāng tián pào dàn.
    The tank is loading shells.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

装zhuāngpack/load
填tiánfill

装填 joins 装 (pack/load) and 填 (fill), parallel actions of putting material into something.

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 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
衣衣yīclothes
Sound part声符shēngfú
壯
壯zhuàng裝zhuāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.

Open 装 →

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
土土tǔ
Sound part声符shēngfú
真
真zhēn填
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

填 combines 土 (soil) with 真, which gives the sound.

Open 填 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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