车顶 (chē dǐng) — car roof | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

car roof

Measure word · 个

Examples

车顶。
Wǒ de chē dǐng shì hēi sè de.
My car roof is black.
，车顶。
Tiān qì hěn rè, chē dǐng bèi shài dé hěn tàng.
The weather is hot, and the car roof is scorching from the sun.
车顶。
Tā bǎ xíng li fàng zài chē dǐng shàng.
He put the luggage on the car roof.

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

顶dǐngtop

车 (vehicle) + 顶 (top) names the upper covering of 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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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 頂; 顶 is its simplified writing.

丁頁頂

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yèhead

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

丁dīng頂dǐng

Same sound today

The traditional form 頂 pairs 頁, meaning head, with 丁, which supplies the sound; the simplified 顶 is a later abbreviation.

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