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配套 (pèi tào) — to form a complete set; to be compatible or matching

Definition

配套 emphasizes a set of items designed or chosen to work together as a whole (software/hardware, furniture, parts). Compare 搭配 (pairing/coordination, esp. colors, food, clothes) and 匹配 (two systems or people being compatible).

verb
to form a complete setto be compatible or matching

Examples

  • 。
    Zhè tào shā fā gēn chá jī bú pèi tào.
    This sofa set doesn't match the coffee table.
  • 配套。
    Wǒ men xū yào pèi tào de ruǎn jiàn hé yìng jiàn.
    We need compatible software and hardware.
  • 配套。
    Zhè xiē líng jiàn kě yǐ pèi tào shǐ yòng.
    These parts can be used together as a set.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

配pèito match
套tàoset

配 means to match and 套 means a set, so together they describe things matching as a complete set.

Characters in this word

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

  • 酉酉yǒualcohol vessel
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

配 is formed by putting 酉, an alcohol vessel, next to 卩, a kneeling person. The reference gives these two parts, but not the reason they combine.

Open 配 →

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

  • 大大dàlarge
  • 長長chánglong

套 is made from 大 (large) and 長 (long), originally for something long, with some reference to hair; it later came to mean a cover or a linked group.

Open 套 →
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