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车门 (chē mén) — (vehicle) door; car door

Definition

noun
(vehicle) doorcar door
Measure word · 扇

Examples

  • 车门。
    Qǐng bāng wǒ guān yí xià chē mén.
    Please help me close the car door.
  • 车门。
    Tā de chē mén bèi huà le yí dào hén.
    His car door got a scratch on it.
  • 车门。
    Xià chē qián xiān kàn kàn chē mén yǒu méi yǒu suǒ hǎo.
    Before getting off, check that the door is locked.

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
门méndoor

车, vehicle, with 门, door, means a door on a vehicle.

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.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

Open 门 →
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Vehicles

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