转椅 (zhuàn yǐ) — swivel chair | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

swivel chair

Measure word · 把

Examples

转椅。
Tā de bàn gōng shì lǐ yǒu yì bǎ xīn de zhuàn yǐ.
There is a new swivel chair in his office.
转椅。
Wǒ xǐ huan zuò zài zhuàn yǐ shàng zhuàn lái zhuàn qù.
I like to sit in the swivel chair and spin around.
转椅，。
Zhè bǎ zhuàn yǐ kě yǐ tiáo jié gāo dù, hěn fāng biàn.
This swivel chair can adjust the height, very convenient.

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.

转椅 is a 椅 that 转, a chair designed to turn.

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 轉; 转 is its simplified writing.

車專轉

Meaning part形符xíngfú

車車jūcarriage

Sound part声符shēngfú

專

專zhuān轉zhuǎn

Same sound today

The traditional form 轉 combines 車, a carriage, with 專 as a sound part; the simplified 转 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木奇椅

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

奇

奇qí椅yǐ

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

椅 combines 木 (wood) with 奇, which gives its sound.

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