进口车 (jìn kǒu chē) — imported car, imported vehicle

Definition

noun
imported carimported vehicle
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • 进口车。
    Tā huā le hěn duō qián mǎi le yí liàng jìn kǒu chē.
    He spent a lot of money on an imported car.
  • 进口车。
    jìn kǒu chē De guān shuì bǐ guó chǎn chē gāo hěn duō.
    The tariff on imported cars is much higher than on domestic cars.
  • 。
    Xiàn zài yuè lái yuè duō de rén xuǎn zé mǎi jìn kǒu chē.
    Nowadays more and more people choose to buy imported cars.

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.

进口import
进jìnenter口kǒuport
动宾Verb + object
车chēcar

进口 brings goods into a port, and 车 names the vehicle so imported.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 進; 进 is its simplified writing.

  • 辵辵chuòwalk
  • 隹隹zhuīshort-tail bird

The traditional form 進 pairs 辵 (walk) with 隹 (short-tail bird): the picture showed moving forward because a bird can only walk forward, not backward. The simplified 进 is a later shorthand.

Open 进 →

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

The form 口 looks like an open mouth.

Open 口 →

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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