量器 (liáng qì) — measuring instrument; measuring vessel

Definition

noun

measuring instrumentmeasuring vessel

Measure word · 个

量器。
Zhè ge liáng qì kě yǐ jīng què cè liáng shuǐ de tǐ jī.
This measuring instrument can accurately measure the volume of water.
量器。
Gǔ dài rén yòng bù tóng de liáng qì lái chēng liáng shi.
Ancient people used different measuring vessels to weigh grain.
量器。
Shí yàn shì lǐ xū yào gān jìng de liáng qì.
Clean measuring instruments are needed in the laboratory.

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.

器qìinstrument

量 (measuring) plus 器 (instrument) gives a device used to measure.

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

量 has 日 (sun) over 東 (bag; east). Some explanations suggest measuring under the sun or the sun rising in the east, but the exact origin is unclear.

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

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