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车身 (chē shēn) — auto body, car body (the outer shell of a vehicle)

Definition

noun
auto bodycar body (the outer shell of a vehicle)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 车身。
    Zhè liàng chē de chē shēn cǎi yòng le qīng liàng huà cái liào.
    The body of this car uses lightweight materials.
  • 车身，。
    Shì gù hòu chē shēn yán zhòng biàn xíng, xū yào gēng huàn.
    After the accident, the car body was badly deformed and needs to be replaced.
  • 车身。
    Gōng chǎng zhèng zài wèi xīn chē xíng hàn jiē chē shēn.
    The factory is welding the auto body for the new model.

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.

车chēvehicle
身shēnbody

车身 is the 身, body, of a 车, vehicle, referring to the main shell of an automobile.

Characters in this word

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 →

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

The shape of 身 comes from a drawing of a pregnant woman.

Open 身 →
Appears in
Vehicles

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