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运钞车 (yùn chāo chē) — armored car (for transporting cash and valuables)

Definition

noun
armored car (for transporting cash and valuables)
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • ，运钞车。
    Jīn tiān zǎo shàng, yí liàng yùn chāo chē tíng zài yín háng mén kǒu.
    This morning, an armored car stopped at the bank entrance.
  • 运钞车。
    Tā men fù zé bǎo hù yùn chāo chē de ān quán.
    They are responsible for protecting the safety of the armored car.
  • 运钞车。
    Nà liàng yùn chāo chē yùn sòng le dà liàng xiàn jīn.
    That armored car transported a large amount of cash.

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.

运钞transport cash
运yùntransport钞chāocash
动宾Verb + object
车chēvehicle

运 means transport, 钞 means cash, and 车 is a vehicle; 运钞车 carries cash and valuables.

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 運; 运 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辵辵chuòmotion
Sound part声符shēngfú
軍
軍jūn運yùn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 運 combines 辵, meaning motion, with 軍 to give the sound; the simplified 运 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 运 →

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 鈔; 钞 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
少
少shǎo鈔chāo
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 鈔 has 金 as the meaning part and 少 for the sound.

Open 钞 →

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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