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除草机 (chú cǎo jī) — lawn mower, weed trimmer

Definition

noun
lawn mowerweed trimmer
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 除草机。
    Bà ba yòng chú cǎo jī bǎ cǎo píng xiū dé hěn zhěng qí.
    Dad used the lawn mower to trim the lawn very neatly.
  • 除草机。
    Zhè tái chú cǎo jī de dāo piàn xū yào huàn le.
    The blades of this lawn mower need to be replaced.
  • 除草机。
    Lín jū jiè zǒu le wǒ men de chú cǎo jī.
    The neighbor borrowed our lawn mower.

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.

除草remove weeds
除chúremove草cǎograss
动宾Verb + object
机jīmachine

除 means remove, 草 is grass or weeds, and 机 is a machine, so it is a machine for removing weeds.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阜阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
余
余yú除chú
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

除 is built from 阜 and 余, with 余 giving the sound.

Open 除 →

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
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss; plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
早
早zǎo草cǎo
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

草 pairs 艹 (grass; plant) with 早, which gives the sound. The form originally referred to another word and was later used for the grass sense.

Open 草 →

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; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →
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