风机 (fēng jī) — fan (electrical or industrial)

Definition

风机 (fēngjī) covers both everyday electric fans and industrial fans/blowers; unlike 风扇, which is mostly used for household or personal fans, 风机 often implies a larger or mechanical blower.

noun
fan (electrical or industrial)
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 风机。
    Chē jiān lǐ ān zhuāng le xīn de fēng jī.
    New fans were installed in the workshop.
  • 风机，。
    Zhè ge fēng jī de zào yīn tài dà le, xū yào xiū yí xià.
    This fan is too noisy; it needs fixing.
  • ，风机。
    Xià tiān de shí hou, wǒ měi tiān dōu kāi fēng jī.
    In summer, I turn on the fan every day.

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.

风fēngwind
机jīmachine

风 names the moving air, and 机 the machine that creates it.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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
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.

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