铲车 (chǎn chē) — forklift

Definition

noun
forklift
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 铲车。
    Gōng chǎng xīn mǎi le yí liàng chǎn chē.
    The factory bought a new forklift.
  • 铲车。
    Shī fu kāi zhe chǎn chē bān yùn huò wù.
    The master worker drives a forklift to move goods.
  • 铲车。
    Zhè liàng chǎn chē néng jǔ qǐ liǎng dūn zhòng de xiāng zi.
    This forklift can lift boxes weighing two tons.

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.

铲chǎnshovel/to shovel
车chēvehicle

铲 gives a shovel or to shovel and 车 gives a vehicle, together naming a shovel vehicle.

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 鏟; 铲 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 铲 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words it is 剷; in others it is 鏟.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
產
產chǎn鏟chǎn
Same sound today

The traditional form 鏟 pairs 金 (metal) with 產 as a sound part; the simplified 铲 is a later shorthand.

Open 铲 →

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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