配有 (pèi yǒu) — to be equipped with; to have (as a standard feature or accessory)

Definition

verb
to be equipped withto have (as a standard feature or accessory)

Examples

  • 配有。
    Zhè liàng qì chē pèi yǒu kōng tiáo hé dǎo háng xì tǒng.
    This car is equipped with air conditioning and a navigation system.
  • 配有。
    Měi gè fáng jiān dōu pèi yǒu miǎn fèi wú xiàn wǎng luò.
    Every room is equipped with free Wi-Fi.
  • 配有。
    Zhè kuǎn shǒu jī pèi yǒu dà róng liàng diàn chí.
    This mobile phone is equipped with a large-capacity battery.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

配pèiequip
有yǒuhave

配 (equip) and 有 (have) combine to mean be equipped with.

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.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
肉肉ròumeat
Sound part声符shēngfú
又
又yòu有yǒu
Same sound today

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

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