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装车 (zhuāng chē) — to load a vehicle (with goods), to load goods onto a vehicle

Definition

Separable verb: 装 means 'load (goods)' and 车 is the vehicle — they usually split with a measure word or object between them (装了一车家具, 装上车).

verb
to load a vehicle (with goods)to load goods onto a vehicle

Examples

  • 装车。
    Suǒ yǒu de huò wù dōu zhuāng chē le.
    All the goods have been loaded onto the vehicle.
  • 。
    Tā zhuāng le yì chē jiā jù.
    He loaded a truckload of furniture.
  • 装车。
    zhuāng chē Zhī qián yào jiǎn chá huò wù.
    Before loading the vehicle, check the goods.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

装zhuāngload
车chēvehicle

装 (to load) + 车 (vehicle) means putting goods onto a vehicle.

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 →

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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