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风车 (fēng chē) — windmill (for power generation or pumping water); pinwheel (toy)

Definition

noun
windmill (for power generation or pumping water)pinwheel (toy)
Measure word · 架

Examples

  • 风车。
    Zhè ge fēng chē shì yòng lái fā diàn de.
    This windmill is used to generate electricity.
  • 风车。
    Xiǎo péng yǒu ná zhe yí gè fēng chē zài gōng yuán lǐ pǎo.
    The child held a pinwheel and ran in the park.
  • 风车。
    fēng chē Zài tián yě shàng huǎn huǎn zhuàn dòng.
    The windmill slowly turns in the field.

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
车chēvehicle

风 names wind and 车 names a wheeled craft, together suggesting a wind-driven wheel.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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.

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Appears in
Energy & Power

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