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零部件 (líng bù jiàn) — components and parts (of a machine or device)

Definition

noun
components and parts (of a machine or device)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 零部件。
    Zhè ge gōng chǎng shēng chǎn qì chē líng bù jiàn.
    This factory produces car parts.
  • 零部件。
    Wǒ men xū yào gēng huàn jǐ gè sǔn huài de líng bù jiàn.
    We need to replace several damaged components.
  • 零部件。
    Zhè xiē líng bù jiàn shì cóng guó wài jìn kǒu de.
    These parts are imported from abroad.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

零língparts
部件components
部bù件jiàn

零部件 combines 零 (“parts”) with 部件 (“components”), referring to the parts and components of a machine.

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
雨雨yǔrain
Sound part声符shēngfú
令
令lìng零líng
Same sound today

In 零, the 雨 part depicts thick raindrops falling from the sky; the 令 part gives the sound.

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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
邑邑yì
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu部bù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

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

件 is made of 人, 'man', and 牛, 'cow'.

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