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钢板 (gāng bǎn) — steel plate; sheet steel; leaf spring (used in motor vehicles); stencil steel board (used in printing)

Definition

noun
steel platesheet steelleaf spring (used in motor vehicles)stencil steel board (used in printing)
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 钢板，。
    Zhè zhǒng gāng bǎn hěn jiān gù, shì hé yòng lái zào chuán.
    This kind of steel plate is very strong and suitable for shipbuilding.
  • 钢板。
    Qì chē dǐ pán de gāng bǎn xū yào fáng xiù chǔ lǐ.
    The steel plates of a car chassis need anti-rust treatment.
  • 钢板，。
    Zhè liàng kǎ chē de gāng bǎn yǐ jīng lǎo huà le, xū yào gēng huàn.
    The leaf springs of this truck have aged and need replacement.

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.

钢gāngsteel
板bǎnplate

The plate 板 is made of 钢, so the word means a sheet of steel.

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 鋼; 钢 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
岡
岡gāng鋼gàng
Same sound today

The traditional form 鋼 shows 金, meaning metal, next to 岡, which carries the sound gāng; the simplified 钢 is a later shorthand.

Open 钢 →

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
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
反
反fǎn板bǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

板 pairs 木 (tree) with 反 as a sound part.

Open 板 →
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